[NoVa-Corvairs] misc.

[Andrew Sorensen]

Hello,

In responce to the shuttering, my truck experienced the same effect. It was
rhythmic as well. The problem was my truck had proceded to fling all the
lug nuts off of one the rear wheels. It was not noticable at slow speeds,
around town, but at high speeds it was scary (I must make it known that I
did not notice the loss of the nuts). I only learned of the loss of the
nuts when the truck had the disagreeing tire launch its self from the truck
while going down the highway. You may have a loose tire which is resonating
at the high speeds. Or a missing wheel weight.

Just my two cents.

Andrew
On Oct 30, 2014 9:28 PM, "daniel--- via Novacc-list" <
novacc-list at corvair.org> wrote:

> Hey.
>
> After I installed stock muffler hangers a few weeks back, my Corvair began
> to leak massive amounts of oil from the left side. Unfortunately, I
> couldn't tend to it immediately due to work commitments, but it seemed as
> though the leak was coming from the oil cooler, which has to be removed in
> order to fit the left hanger.
>
> Yesterday I got in there and actually made the massive oil leak downright
> catastrophic by reversing the seals.  I was under a mistaken belief that I
> had put the seals in backwards because one side had a ridge.  However, as
> Bryan told me the seals are actually straight-cut cylinders which develop a
> ridge over time. Happily, I had ordered new seals; after digging them out I
> found that, sure enough, they were straight-cut cylinders.
>
> Today I installed the new seals and the engine seems oil-tight.  The new
> seals were at least twice as long as the old ones, meaning that the old
> ones had become compressed with age and just weren't getting the job done
> anymore after I had disturbed them.
>
> Anyway, a different problem is making itself known and I need help with a
> diagnosis.  Every now and again when I'm going at highway speeds I can feel
> a juddering coming from the rear of the car -- possibly the right rear, but
> definitely the rear.  Hitting the brake makes it worse, although the car
> does slow down.  Frankly, it's unnerving because it feels as if the whole
> car is going to shake itself apart.  The juddering doesn't occur on city
> streets where I'm not going as fast.  No noise accompanies the juddering
> although the feeling is somewhat rhythmic.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> daniel
>
> >
>
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