--- On
Sat, 6/14/08, Kevin Lister
wrote:
From: Kevin Lister
Subject: RE: [2cylinderhondas] Ceat Tires
To:
2cylinderhondas@yahoogroups.com
Date: Saturday, June 14, 2008, 6:32 PM
What do you think they would charge for such a thing?
kev
--- On Thu, 6/12/08,
billmyong@earthlink .net
wrote:
> From:
billmyong@earthlink .net
Subject: RE: [2cylinderhondas] Ceat Tires
> To:
2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Thursday, June 12, 2008, 12:40 AM
> Kevin;
> Just a suggestion:
> You may have more than sub frame damage, the body may
> be tweaked too.
> Take the car to a body shop with a frame machine along with > your (Big Blue) > shop manual (it has the Honda 600 body dimensions) and have > them measure it.
> They may be able to straighten it out. Purchased one that
> was hit in the
> front and rear, the shop pulled here and there and had it
> lined up in no
> time. (I couldn't use another sub frame on the car but
> the one that was
> there came off and went back on with no problem after the
> fix)
> Bill
> -----Original Message-----
> From:
2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> [mailto:
2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
]On Behalf Of Kevin
> Lister
> Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 6:51 PM
> To:
2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] Ceat Tires
> I'll have to get under it and give it a good
> once-over.
> It doesn't pull to either side at all. It
> drives pretty nice in
> fact. However, when it takes more muscle to turn it to one > side than it does > the other. Noticably so. I recently took apart the steering > rack and > replaced the shot bushings with bushings that Miles turned > on his lathe. I > watched him make them in his garage. Pretty cool. ;o) I > cleaned up the stuff > real good and regreased it all. I also replaced all of the > bearings in the > belt pulleys and fan assembly. Again, with lots of help > from Miles.
> The car no longer clunks loudly going into
> driveways! The car no
> longer wanders
all over the road and is no longer scary to
> drive over
> highway 17! I'm gonna focus on the suspension and
> brakes now that the
> mechanical stuff under the hood is in good shape. I
> can't afford to go
> through front tires every 800 miles or so!
> kev
> --- On Tue, 6/10/08, Bruce Dewing
> wrote:
> From: Bruce Dewing Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] Ceat Tires
> To:
2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 10:11 PM
> Ceat made both so, call it a tie. Last time i
> used a Ceat
radial,
> it was from Italy.
> An alignment would probably correct Kevin's
> wear problem. Can the
> car be driven with negligable pulling from either
> direction? Jacking up the
> tire, does it move without the steering wheel moving?
> I had a 600 Sedan that pulled badly, and cribbed
> over 50mph. The
> prior owner drove it over a curb at speed. The lower arm
> was bent.
> Replacing that helped, but it still didn't track true.
> Final solution was
> to replace the bent subframe.
> Bruce D.
> Santa Clara, CA
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: scott lesniak
> To: 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 2:09:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] Ceat Tires
> Hey miles do you want to fight or what.LOL
> --- On Tue, 6/10/08, scott lesniak
>
> wrote:
> From: scott lesniak com>
> Subject: Re: [2cylinderhondas] Ceat Tires
> To: 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 5:07 PM
> I guess you didn't read the
> thread These are radials
> not bias
> and the handle wonderfully I'm
> not trying to sell
> them as I last stated I put my last set on my driver,I only > have the CAMAC > brand left
> --- On Tue, 6/10/08, Miles
>
> wrote:
> From: Miles
>
> Subject: [2cylinderhondas] Ceat
> Tires
> To: 2cylinderhondas@ yahoogroups.
> com
> Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008,
> 4:10 PM
Back when I got my very first
> Honda 600, I was 19,
> my dad thought he
> would do me a favor and bought me
> a set of Ceat
> brand tires. They
> were bias ply and the worst tires
> I have ever had
> to this day. Even
> my rock hard Michelin snow tires
> were a better
> ride!
> I would avoid any Bias ply tires
> unless you are
> trying to do a 99
> point restore on a 1970 or
> earlier car. The
> original tires were 5.20
> x 10 Bridgestones.
> Kevin - you should take your car
> down to Lloyd's
> in Santa Cruz, they
> used to do my alignments. They
> could also show you
> what's bent in
> your front end.
> Miles
> --- In 2cylinderhondas@
> yahoogroups. com, scott
> lesniak
> wrote:
> > I just
bought 30 tires if
> anyone needs a set let
> me know I would
> like to get 38 apiece for them
> > I think they are Ceat Tires
> > really nice tread pattern
> > --- On Mon, 6/9/08, Kevin
> misterpoopoohead@ ...
> wrote:
> > From: Kevin
> misterpoopoohead@ ...
> > Subject: [2cylinderhondas]
> New tires are wearing
> out fast!
> > To: 2cylinderhondas@
> yahoogroups. com
> > Date: Monday, June 9, 2008,
> 2:00 PM
> > Hi Gang,
> > I put new tires on my car
> less than 1000 miles
> ago and they are
> already
> > noticably worn in the front.
> The front end may
> not be perfectly
> aligned
> > but I wouldn't expect
> the tires to get
worn out
> in so few miles.
> > I bought the Kumho
> 145/8010's. These are T rated
> tires. They ride
> nice
> > but they are not going to
> last to long.
> > kev