Classic 180 degree spin

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locket

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Well today went round a roundabout at 25mph the car spun 180, luckily there was no one else about. Never had that ever. Thinking VC or rear diff issues.
 
locket said:
Well today went round a roundabout at 25mph the car spun 180, luckily there was no one else about. Never had that ever. Thinking VC or rear diff issues.
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I can't see that being the diff or VC, more likely something on the road surface or just too fast for the size of roundabout. Both the diff & VC are easy to check.
 
With the greatest respect, the question from Kermit was how old are the tyres?
I ask because when I purchased my Classic it wore what appeared to be excellent Michelin tyres, with deep treads & zero side-wall cracking. After I experienced a similar scare on a rainy round-about I checked the dates .. 22 years old :eek:
I changed to General Grabbers' & wrote to Mich. to express my admiration for their products' longevity; they sent me a nice muti-tool set :)
 
Ours came off the road at 40mph, the previous owner had fitted Westlake tyres to the rear.... Utter crap., since then I've run grabber at3's and now on Hankook dynapro2's. The grabbers gave me 40k:cool:
 
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norseman said:
With the greatest respect, the question from Kermit was how old are the tyres?
I ask because when I purchased my Classic it wore what appeared to be excellent Michelin tyres, with deep treads & zero side-wall cracking. After I experienced a similar scare on a rainy round-about I checked the dates .. 22 years old :eek:
I changed to General Grabbers' & wrote to Mich. to express my admiration for their products' longevity; they sent me a nice muti-tool set :)
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I once put part worn Pirelli's on the rear of a Beemer I had in my youth,
nearly swapped sides on a moist roundabout at relatively low speed,

needless to say I kept them for a while cos they weren't down to the wires of the fun element.
 
norseman said:
With the greatest respect, the question from Kermit was how old are the tyres?
I ask because when I purchased my Classic it wore what appeared to be excellent Michelin tyres, with deep treads & zero side-wall cracking. After I experienced a similar scare on a rainy round-about I checked the dates .. 22 years old :eek:
I changed to General Grabbers' & wrote to Mich. to express my admiration for their products' longevity; they sent me a nice muti-tool set :)
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Well I jacked up the rear and front and driveshafts are all good Not sure how you check the VC.
Good point regarding the age of the tyres I purchased some wheels with the tyres on them and put them on while my own wheels were getting refurbed.
2012 is the date, they look OK and passed the MOT last October. I have not put the other wheels back yet as I am waiting to see if the ULEZ is extended
 
locket said:
Well I jacked up the rear and front and driveshafts are all good Not sure how you check the VC.
Good point regarding the age of the tyres I purchased some wheels with the tyres on them and put them on while my own wheels were getting refurbed.
2012 is the date, they look OK and passed the MOT last October. I have not put the other wheels back yet as I am waiting to see if the ULEZ is extended
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To test the VCU, jack up one front wheel and with the gearbox in neutral, put a bar on the hub nut and try to turn the wheel. With constant pressure, it should move very slowly. If the wheel cannot be rotated at all, the VCU has seized.
 
Datatek said:
To test the VCU, jack up one front wheel and with the gearbox in neutral, put a bar on the hub nut and try to turn the wheel. With constant pressure, it should move very slowly. If the wheel cannot be rotated at all, the VCU has seized.
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:)
 
Depending how they have been looked after and the quality to start with, they could be going hard by now.
I've seen tyres start to fall apart through age when they get used, they can't take the stresses
 
Datatek said:
To test the VCU, jack up one front wheel and with the gearbox in neutral, put a bar on the hub nut and try to turn the wheel. With constant pressure, it should move very slowly. If the wheel cannot be rotated at all, the VCU has seized.
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Would a seized VCU induce a 180?
 
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