[FC] Re: <VV> RE: Lookiing for FC wheel rims

[Ken Hand]

 ??? It is generally NOT the ball joint that hits but rather the tie rod end.


 


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-----Original Message-----
From: Chris & Bill Strickland <lechevrier at earthlink.net>
To: corvanatics at corvair.org
Sent: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 12:56 am
Subject: [FC] Re: <VV> RE: Lookiing for FC wheel rims









This FC thread was initially posted on Virtual Vairs, and this is a post 
I made to that forum:?
?

Ahh, the famous "Corvette" suspension -- from all appearances, it is?

pretty much the same as every other fifties and early sixties Chevrolet?

with an independent front end, so if anybody has any exact data, I would?

love to hear it. Yes, spring rates were different, shocks were?

different, and most Vettes (say, after '58?) ['56, at least, had a?

straight axle] had a front stabilizer, but upper and lower A-arms and?

balljoints were pretty much the same in the entire Chevrolet, Corvette,?

and FC Corvair line.?
?

Now, this rubbing the ball joint hooey -- ain't no way a 14" rim hits?

that ball joint, and you aren't gonna get a  five hole 13" rim bolted?

down tight over the brake drum.  What is a clearance problem IS the tie?

rod end -- even a 16" wheel, if it has too much wheel hanging back?

behind (inside -- call it back spacing, offset, width, whatever...),?

they can rub or worse, not seat on the hub from interference with the?

tie rod end.  Of course, this can be fixed with different/modified?

steering arms (or a wheel that fits), but I think we were talking about?

stock.?
?

If you install a dropped spindle for say a '57 Chebbie on your FC, well?

then maybe a 14" wheel will hit the ball joint, or maybe you could adapt?

up some weird zerk fitting so it would rub, but normal stock, no way!?

Yes, I believe FC's had their own special wheels, but numerous (not all)?

other stock 14" GM wheels fit without interference, unless they are deep?

enough to hit the tie rod end.?
?

And, in the interest of maybe trying to get more info from other places,?

I'm going to cross post this to Corvantics --?

http://www.vv.corvair.org/mailman/listinfo/corvanatics?
?

PS: I have a '61 van setting up next to a '63 rampy for visual?

comparison -- the rampy's lower front control arms are bent though.?
?

Thank you,?
?

Bill S?
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