silly question

[1990LTD]

I have a pair of tires that don't hold air for too long. One about a day, one about a week before it's noticeably low. Tread is not fantastic - they're basically no good to anyone.



the question: what will smoking the tire (spectacularly, and on video, of course) eat up other than the tire and gas? The shoe on that wheel? I have an open diff so it's only going to be one wheel peels. real long ones


i wish i had a line lock! i will not let myself have one though. too much trouble.

[Pirate]

I have a pair of tires that don't hold air for too long. One about a day, one about a week before it's noticeably low. Tread is not fantastic - they're basically no good to anyone.



the question: what will smoking the tire (spectacularly, and on video, of course) eat up other than the tire and gas? The shoe on that wheel? I have an open diff so it's only going to be one wheel peels. real long ones


i wish i had a line lock! i will not let myself have one though. too much trouble.

Melt them.

It's kind of like the one Billy Crystal joke:

Why don't we do what I'm going to tell all of my friends we did anyway?

[sly]

Depending on the amount of heat generated at the drum, you could nuke the wheel bearing too. Go for doughnuts or press into a large parking block (something that doesn't require holding the brake and the car won't climb up/over).

[1990LTD]

Duct tape will work, or so says the new episode of mythbusters. Strapped a volvo to a pole with duct tape and it stayed put


Donuts sound fun.

[1990LTD]

Another one; why do both wheels sometimes spin with my open diff? If I understand open doffs correctly it's because there's equal traction at both wheels....for some reason that occurs with greater frequency in reverse?

[pantera77]

Depending on the amount of heat generated at the drum, you could nuke the wheel bearing too. Go for doughnuts or press into a large parking block (something that doesn't require holding the brake and the car won't climb up/over).

Doughnuts and peg legs = fail



Sit there and roast it till it pops.

[91grandmarquis]

Roast it.... Wheel bearings are cheap enough, and you don't need to hold it long enough to destroy anything. I've got some old coopers with "brakestand" written all over them.... Just waiting for graduation.

[sly]

Doughnuts and peg legs = fail

usually true, but I've seen it done... never more than about 270 degrees... usually 180 at best.

[gadget73]

Roast it.... Wheel bearings are cheap enough

Have you ever torn down a rear axle to replace wheel bearings? The bearing is cheap, but the axle serves as the inner race so if the bearing gets roasted, it usually takes the axle out with it. Last set of axles I bought ended up being like 220 for the pair. Its also very likely to take out the rubber seal long before it takes out the wheel bearing. When that goes, oil is puked all over the rear brakes, which ruins those and if you run it long enough the diff goes dry enough to do real damage from a lack of lube.