I put the winter tires back on the car for
this past weekend's EV Expo in Ottawa (because the rims look the nicest of the 2 sets), and can report the skinny tires I had on the car prior to that felt like they rolled much easier AND rode smoother.
And today I finally got around (I should say REMEMBERED) to fix the lovejoy coupler that was sliding apart!
Remember this post back in December?
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Originally Posted by MetroMPG
Discovered that the Lovejoy coupler halves were sliding away from one another. Seemed to have separated leaving about 50% contact between them! Maybe they're rattling a little bit. Good thing this car doesn't have much power. 
Fortunately this was easy to see, since we purposely cut an inspection window in the transmission bell housing for the very reason of being able to check on the coupler:
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Well, the halves had slid much more than 50 % apart!
Pretty bad that I left it that long. Pretty amazing that it hadn't come apart or damaged the "spider" between the two jaws. Probably because the car doesn't have much power (plus I always try to be smooth with the power it has).
Anyway, 10 minutes later, fixed. Just released the set screw, slid it back in place, and re-tightened the screw as hard as I could.