Re: Front Tire rubbing fender

Posted by Dan Partain on February 22, 1998 at 00:21:10

In Reply to: Front Tire rubbing fender
posted by Craig VandenBerg on February 21, 1998 at 22:19:21

I had a set of those Firestone tires when they first came out back in the 70's. The fronts would rub on the brake rods of my '29 CC pickup during a hard turn, what an awful racket that made! I don't remember if they rubbed on the fender or not though. Those tires always looked a little flat to me, almost like radials look on the modern iron. I always suspected that the sidewalls might be a little thin or soft.
You might double check your front spring to see that it is not sagging and causing the tires to rub. There is a good article in Les Andrews book "Model A Ford Mechanics Handbook" about the front spring.
-DAN

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