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NickDunning

NickDunning

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Greetings folks. Yours truly has just got a 'new' (well new to me) 1973 2000SC. 40K miles and very very nice. She'd been dry stored for many years which meant a few hurdles have been hurdled in re-commissioning her (e.g. most of the brakes didn't work and the clutch master cylinder has been renewed..)

We've done near 600 miles in the last week bringing her back from the Midlands and attending a show on Sunday. All is very well apart from the steering, which has quite a pull to the O/S. I've got the tracking checked and while it was out and was sorted it's made no difference to the list to the steering.

The tyres are all pretty ancient. The rears are pre-1987, when the previous owner got the car, the fronts approx 1990.

Speaking to a few bods at the weekend they reckoned the only problem may be the tyres - luckily for me I have a scrap car with four newish (2 years old and not really ever driven) Dunlops on it.

Anyone got any ideas - Never ventured into P6 steering problems before as I've never had one.

Cheers
Nick
 
Hello Nick!

Let's be the harbringer of doom!

You measured her up to see if she is square?

I have datum measurments somewhere if you need them.
 
Hi Pete
I think we may have detected the problem without the need of a jig...

My mate came over the other day and looked around the car and almost immediately told me I had odd tyres...They are the same make and size but very different tread..I hadn't spotted it - positive proof that a fresh pair of eyes can often find an answer. Both the front tyres are Swedish type snow tyres as well which would explain the rumbly ride...

Luckily for me we have a scrap car with four new tyres on it so they're going on next week. Update as to whether we have a drastic improvement to follow.

Cheers
Nick
 
That would explain a lot.
'Knobblies' don't work that well on the front of a P6 - I had some on a 2000TC and that drove like a dog, put on some 'normal' tyres and smoothness was restored.
 
Well yesterday I got two of the 'new' Dunlop tyres we had stashed up at the barn put on the front of my car.

Steering is true and straight - road noise is down by a long way (still some road noise though - more than my 2000 auto).

Only problem is I seem to have a lot of tyre screeching from the front when hurling the car through a bend. Anyone have any clues?

Cheers
Nick
 
Nick

Tyre screeching, isnt that all part of the fun ? it lets your passengers know when to close their eyes !

Hard compound tyres often squeal more than soft compound when pushed. I had a car with a "S" rated tyre on one side and all the rest "H". The "S" tyre squeeled like billyo, the "H" rated ones did'nt, the "S" tyre did'nt have as much grip either. Replacing the "S" tyre with a "H" fixed the prob. Could it be that your "new" old tyres have hardened a bit ?.
I've noticed that modern tyres dont squeel as much as they used to in the old days , or maybe I'm driving slower in my old age.
 
I find that cheap tyres squeel much more than big brands.
Although I would have thought Dunlop would be ok.

Like they say, you might have to slow down a bit !!

Richard :D
 
Turn up the stereo Nick....

...that way you can't hear the tyres!

BTW coming back to God's Country (Yorkshire) from my country retreat I saw a true 120 mph from the V8 (private test track of course!). Scared the hell out of me and the BMW that had to pull over and give way!

:D
 
Those of us who can remember crossply tyres will tell what screeching tyres really sounds like!
Radial tyres screech less and have (much) greater grip but when they let go you have less warning.
Glad your problem was sorted so simply.
Regards, John.
 
Thanks for the replies folks. Believe it or not I wasn't going that quickly to get the tyres to screech. However this car is a lot faster than any other 2000 I've had for some reason so there may be something in it (or there's some crud on the tyres that I need to burn off)

120mph in a Series I V8, well done Pete! :D

Cheers
Nick
 
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