<VV> Springy Thingy in my Grease Cap

[Bill Hubbell]

Actually, I have to disagree with you.  The Early models, which did not have
a speedometer cable going to the front wheel, also had those "springy
thingys" (Static collectors) installed in BOTH front wheels if a radio was
installed, so they were put there for the radio's benefit only.

Bill Hubbell


----- Original Message ----- 
From: <JVHRoberts@aol.com>
To: <VairMech@aol.com>; <virtualvairs@skiblack.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2004 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: <VV> Springy Thingy in my Grease Cap


> Well, it does a little more than that as well. In the day when these cars
> were designed, electrical systems weren't as well designed nor as robust
as they
> are today. Given that the dash ground on an LM Corvair is nothing to brag
> about, there was the potential of sending current down the cable, and
potentially
> through the bearings. Ball and roller bearing designers recognized this
long
> ago as a quick way way to kill a rolling element bearing is to pass
current
> through it when it was rotating! This is why the right one doesn't have
the same
> grounding spring.