Re: '85 505 GL Wagon Needs New Shoes
presslaff/bruce (yaleav@autobahn.mb.ca)
Tue, 25 May 1999 23:57:27 -0500 (CDT)
>Is it normal that the stock XZX and later MX4 Michelins on my'85 NX6
>wagon hydroplane on wet pavement? It's especially alarming when the
>front end slides out of control on hard braking. I bought the car new in
>1985 and so far I've never hit anything, but I'm about to buy its fourth
>set of new tires and am open to suggestions for alternatives to the
>stock Michelins. Would replacing the wheels with TRX alloys (would they
>fit?) and tires be helpful? Any ideas out there?
>Greg Moore
>
The Michelin TRX summers are a great tires/wheel set up and they will fit.
But they are not much good in rain or slush or sleet or snow.
If you are concerned about wet some rain tires might be more to your liking.
It might also be that your
brake compensator which controls rear wheel lock up is out of adjustment.
This requires a mechanic with 2 brake pressure guages that hook onto the
bleed holes
and someone to stand on the brakes. The compensator is adjusted so that
the rear wheels don't get too much or too little pressure under braking
according to the dive of the front end.
Empty the car out and do some "panic" stops on dry pavement see what kind
of control
you have. I seem to be continually changing shoes and rear wheel cylinders
on my 3 XN6 SWs.
If you find some one to do this I can give you the factory proceedure.
Bob Bruce