Radical tire rotation?

Hamish <[email protected]> wrote:
>I'd like to do a radical rotation of my tires, have them dismounted from
>the wheels and put back on with the rounded off corners inward. I would
>make sure that they are still rotating in the same direction. Is this a
>bad idea?

Well, you're supposed to do this BEFORE it gets to the point where they
are rounded off. But give it a try, you might get more miles out of the
tires.

I'd get the alignment checked by a real alignment guy, though. Not by
the rire store bozos.

>Another question. So that my windshield washer solution does not
>freeze, I have been making it up from deionized water with Glass Science
>Ultra Clean Super Concentrate added. The wipers have started to squeak,
>badly, when I am running them, and spray, to clean the windshield (it
>never rains here). Is there something, like a drop or two of dish soap,
>that I could add, to stop the squeaking? The blades are pretty new.

I'd first clean the blades and make sure they are not gunked up. Then
I'd get the MSDS and see what this concentrate has in it. Remember, what
keeps the stuff from freezing is methanol. It should have a little bit
of soapy stuff in there to cause the water to bead up properly and it
should have a little bit of ammonia in there to dissolve stuck-on gunk.
Too much or too little of the soapy stuff or the ammonia can make squeaking
problems worse.
--scott

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"Hamish" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'd like to do a radical rotation of my tires, have them dismounted from
> the wheels and put back on with the rounded off corners inward. I would
> make sure that they are still rotating in the same direction. Is this a
> bad idea?
>
> Another question. So that my windshield washer solution does not freeze,
> I have been making it up from deionized water with Glass Science Ultra
> Clean Super Concentrate added. The wipers have started to squeak, badly,
> when I am running them, and spray, to clean the windshield (it never rains
> here). Is there something, like a drop or two of dish soap, that I could
> add, to stop the squeaking? The blades are pretty new.
>
> Ham

Yeah, what Scott said, on the tires...

On the windshield wipers, I have found that, no matter what I do, I cant get
more than about a year out of a set of wipers before the rubber degrades.
Your wipers may need changing.

You could certainly add a little Dawn or something similar to give a little
lubrication
to your wash solution.

HLS wrote:
>
> "Hamish" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:mbidnQpW6eHlepLVnZ2dnUVZ_uSdnZ2d@earthlink.com...
>
>> I'd like to do a radical rotation of my tires, have them dismounted
>> from the wheels and put back on with the rounded off corners inward.
>> I would make sure that they are still rotating in the same direction.
>> Is this a bad idea?
>>
>> Another question. So that my windshield washer solution does not
>> freeze, I have been making it up from deionized water with Glass
>> Science Ultra Clean Super Concentrate added. The wipers have started
>> to squeak, badly, when I am running them, and spray, to clean the
>> windshield (it never rains here). Is there something, like a drop or
>> two of dish soap, that I could add, to stop the squeaking? The blades
>> are pretty new.
>>
>> Ham
>
>
> Yeah, what Scott said, on the tires...
>
> On the windshield wipers, I have found that, no matter what I do, I cant
> get more than about a year out of a set of wipers before the rubber
> degrades. Your wipers may need changing.
>
> You could certainly add a little Dawn or something similar to give a
> little lubrication
> to your wash solution.

I think I may have only posted this to RAD, but I bought a set of PIAA
"super silicone" wiper blades as a test, as I was disgusted with the
life I was getting from even good parts store blades/refills (Bosch,
Anco, Trico - no difference, I was getting only maybe 6 mos. tops out of
them before they started getting hard.) I actually wore out the
silicone blades after a year - they were still supple, but the wiping
edges were starting to get worn down and they were getting a little
streaky. By that time PIAA had started producing refills, so I bought a
pair of those and they are still good. At the same time as I bought the
first set of PIAA blades for the Impala I also bought a set for the
Porsche and since it gets much less use those are still good. I liked
'em so much that I bought a set for the ugly Ford truck when I bought
the refills, and I'd buy a set for the Studebaker if they came in a 12"
size.

The only downside that I do see is a little bit of "haze" on the
windshield when wiping which doesn't really impede vision but looks a
little wierd. On intermittent it clears within less than a second after
the wipers pass over the windshield.

Normally I'd feel weird giving an endorsement to PIAA products as they
seem to be the king of gimmicky rice-boy products but the wipers are bar
none the best I have ever used. They're especially nice for low-mileage
cars where the rubber typically degrades before the wiping edges wear
out due to actual use of the wipers, as the ones on the Porsche have
been on there since December '06 and are still good.

nate

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"Nate Nagel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Normally I'd feel weird giving an endorsement to PIAA products as they
> seem to be the king of gimmicky rice-boy products but the wipers are bar
> none the best I have ever used. They're especially nice for low-mileage
> cars where the rubber typically degrades before the wiping edges wear out
> due to actual use of the wipers, as the ones on the Porsche have been on
> there since December '06 and are still good.
>
> nate

Have you ever tried the Michelin wipers? They are a bit more expensive, and
I
guess I am hesitant to spend more money if it is just going to be a name
change and
no improvement.

On Apr 25, 9:12 am, "HLS" <[email protected]> wrote:
> "Nate Nagel" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> > Normally I'd feel weird giving an endorsement to PIAA products as they
> > seem to be the king of gimmicky rice-boy products but the wipers are bar
> > none the best I have ever used.  They're especially nice for low-mileage
> > cars where the rubber typically degrades before the wiping edges wear out
> > due to actual use of the wipers, as the ones on the Porsche have been on
> > there since December '06 and are still good.
>
> > nate
>
> Have you ever tried the Michelin wipers?  They are a bit more expensive, and
> I
> guess I am hesitant to spend more money if it is just going to be a name
> change and
> no improvement.

I haven't but a friend bought a set for his pickup, I didn't really
notice any difference in life between those and the ones I was using
at the time. the only ones I've tried that I wasn't disgusted with
the silly short life were the PIAAs.

nate