<VV> What the Heck are Those Things?

[Rad Davis]

I'd call them must haves.  Ride quality is, uh, significantly worse without 
them.

At 08:47 PM 7/3/2006 -0500, Rich Elwell wrote:
>So how important are they?  I missing the rear ones from the convertible
>that I will someday  fix up.  Are they must haves, or nice to haves?  Are
>they rare, or pretty easy to come by.
>
>Rich
>
>On 7/3/06, Sethracer at aol.com <Sethracer at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>In a message dated 7/3/2006 5:12:29 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>>nealj at twcny.rr.com writes:
>>
>>After a  short 26-year break in Corvair ownership, I'm back in the game
>>with
>>a 66  Monza 110 Convertible.  While evicting the squirrels and their  nuts
>>from the engine compartment and trunk, I discovered some large  cannisters
>>in
>>each fender corner, front and back, bolted right in there  like they
>>belong.
>>Sturdy as they are, they do not seem to actually connect  to anything or
>>serve any obvious purpose.  I don't remember these on  my last Corvair - a
>>beloved 65 Monza - and could not find them in the shop  manual or parts
>>catalog.  Does anybody know what the heck those things  are?
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>John Neal
>>
>>
>>
>>They are fluid-filled vibration dampeners. Only Late converts have them,
>>along with a few other GM converts. They have a pair of springs locating a
>>weight/piston  in the middle with holes through it. When the late model
>>Convertible hits a bump, or railroad track or almost any other shock,
>>the  dampeners
>>help to "dampen out" the motions of both the front and rear of the  car.
>>The
>>weight tries to stay static and the springs, being connected to the  body
>>by
>>virtue of being contained in the cannister, try to push the weight up  and
>>down,
>>the fluid (Not sure what it is but probably ATF) extrudes through
>>the  holes in
>>the weight, which slows the motion and dampens the movement of the  front
>>and
>>rear ends. If you ever take them out, grab a hold of one of the  attaching
>>brackets and gently bounce the cannister on the concrete. If
>>the  vibration
>>doesn't cause you to giggle, you're officially old! - Seth  Emerson
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