Re: [doc] Cautionary tales

["Robert Williams" <rottbott@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

  When I first got my car, before the TABs were done, the back end 
wandered all over the place if I accelerated hard around even a very 
slight curve. It wasn't bad enough to let go and slide, but it 
didn't feel very safe either. And I don't drive my car anywhere like 
as hard as those two nutters. :-)

  Rob


--- In doc-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Martin Gutkowski - DMC Ltd 
<martin@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Chris
> 
> I'd be happy to sort out an article on the subject, although Rich 
H 
> would be just as capable and I know he's done his. Interestingly 
if 
> you've seen the old TAB's on our website (parts page), they 
actually 
> came out of the car previously owned by our former technical 
> advisor..... nuff said.
> 
> My "Lex" had only 2353 miles on it when I bought it, although it 
is an 
> early car to my knowledge, the bolts were all the same throughout 
> production. I nearly crashed mine soon after I started driving it 
and 
> the cause was half a turn on one TAB. If the back suspension is 
loose in 
> any way, the arse end becomes really "snappy". If you pile into a 
corner 
> a bit enthusiastically, the car will tend towards understeer, but 
as the 
> weight shifts on the rear wheels, the back end will suddenly snap 
into 
> oversteer and you really feel the weight of the "pendulum".
> 
> A lot of people don't drive their Deloreans as hard as Dan or I 
do, but 
> even on a fairly gentle jaunt down to the MOT station has yielded 
some 
> alarming handling on some cars. I have yet to see a car with 
original 
> TABs that didn't need them at the very least re-torqueing. Most 
are 
> bent, some are rusted solid in the arm, and I know of one recently 
> snapped on a car going over a speed bump (slowly!)
> 
> With properly set up suspension, the D is very easy to control and 
very 
> hard to un-stick.
> 
> Martin





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