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From: dhd@hou4b.UUCP (D.H.Dawdy)
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Abnormal Rear Tire Wear
Message-ID: <1307@hou4b.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 30-Jan-85 15:32:35 EST
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Posted: Wed Jan 30 15:32:35 1985
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A friend of mine had this problem once;
every time he let the clutch out (like at a stop sign or at
a traffic light) the rear tires made noise and
he said there was a strange odor that usually followed.

He took the car back to the dealer who offered to
keep the car for a week and test it every day to
see if the problem might go away on its own.
The dealer also suggested it might be related to the
gas he was using and said a tune-up might fix it;
he wasn't sure.

My friend decided not to give up the car for a week or
gamble on a tune up price from the dealer.
He did decide, though, to try tuning it up himself.
After changing the timing radically and covering all
the air inlets to the carburetor the problem almost went
away; the tires still made noise when he let the clutch out
but the smell was almost completely gone.

He eventually got rid of the car because he was replacing
rear tires every two months.