At 10:05 PM 5/18/2001, Paul M. Hillbish wrote:
>Crap. Okay, I have fix-a-flat in the trunk. So I fill the tire with that,
>fills up no problem. As I was driving though, I started getting an odd
>vibration in the steering wheel, and then the car started shaking. That day,
>I took it to a local garage/gas station near where I work, to get the tire
>plugged. They did that, I figured it'd do the trick. I asked about the
>vibration, and the guy told me that it is most likely because of the
>fix-a-flat, that there is liquid in my wheel. It sounded reasonable at the
>time, so I took his word for it. Days later, still happening. By then, all
>the liquid that was there, would be dissolved right? It is now over a week
>later. Here are the symptoms:

Put the spare on that wheel.  If that fixes it, unmount the other one and
clean the dried-up puddle of goo out of it (or whatever it turns out to
be).  If the spare is just as bad, then start thinking about the other stuff...

david

David Beierl - Providence, RI
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'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"