I'll take an Informative "Dreaded Tire Thread" over a "Seeking Threading Dies Thread" AnyDay ~

                                                                                ORR ~ DeanB

On 28 Aug , 2014, at 1:52 PM, Todd Last wrote:

> Woo Hoo! Dreaded Tire thread begins!! :-) 
>   
> With the westy, you empty your water tank and have everyone go sit on the back matress over the engine compartment. 
> Then the right rear wheel will get traction. 
>   
> I've found that tires do make a difference, but if you have a westy with a left-side weight bias, and tall springs, it is oh-so-easy to get in a position to unweight the right-rear wheel and then all you get is spin. 
>   
> Todd 
> '88 Westy 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Roy Nicholl" <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> 
> To: "List, Vanagon" <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> 
> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2014 12:38:14 PM 
> Subject: Re: Tranny musings (or, getting stuck on my lawn) 
> 
> Brand new (<6000km), Nokian eNTYRE ... same thing that is on the Jetta which pulled it out. 
> 
> On 28-Aug-2014, at 15:28, Karl Wolz wrote: 
> 
>> Perhaps you should be taking a look at the condition and type of tires you're using. 
>> 
>> Karl Wolz 
>> Sent from my electronic umbilicus 
>> 
>>> On Aug 27, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@NBNET.NB.CA> wrote: 
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