Dropdeadfreduk
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Hi all.
My '71 bus just came back from having some work done (front beam, brakes and fan belt) and I noticed that they had fit the tyres incorrectly. This was causing the front passenger side tyre to rub on the arch when driving home. I therefore assumed that this larger tyre should be on the rear as it was the same size as the rear tyre on the drivers side. By doing this it made the front tyres the same size and the rear tyres the same size. All is great... or so I thought.
The issue now is that it took a lot of effort to make the wider tyre fit between the arch (a had to drop all the pressure out of it to get it to fit. When I lower the bus down the tyre then fouled the arch and rubs when moving. This wasn't happening before. In addition the drivers side has great clearance to the arch with the same tyre fitted. I am lost as to what to do next and so any ideas would be gratefully received.
Many thanks
Freddie
My '71 bus just came back from having some work done (front beam, brakes and fan belt) and I noticed that they had fit the tyres incorrectly. This was causing the front passenger side tyre to rub on the arch when driving home. I therefore assumed that this larger tyre should be on the rear as it was the same size as the rear tyre on the drivers side. By doing this it made the front tyres the same size and the rear tyres the same size. All is great... or so I thought.
The issue now is that it took a lot of effort to make the wider tyre fit between the arch (a had to drop all the pressure out of it to get it to fit. When I lower the bus down the tyre then fouled the arch and rubs when moving. This wasn't happening before. In addition the drivers side has great clearance to the arch with the same tyre fitted. I am lost as to what to do next and so any ideas would be gratefully received.
Many thanks
Freddie