<VV> Axle spacing

[Kevin Clark kevin at kcvairbrush.com]

I have a question. I heard this has been talked about on VV before  
but I missed the boat.

I have a 63 Corvan in the shop and just had the rear axle rebuilt. We  
put in a beefier late model car guts inside the early axle housing  
and we are using the early car yoke that bolts to the axle. The yoke  
in this set up sticks farther out than the truck yoke did which does  
not have the bolt on feature.

So when we slide in the half shaft, we have a space between the brake  
backing plate and the control arm assembly. We need to make a spacer  
between the brake backing plate and control arm assembly. Does any  
one know the correct thickness? This is important for the rear wheel  
bearing. We think the spacer should be .390" thick for both side on  
each axle. Is that close enough?
Kevin G. Clark
kevin at kcvairbrush.com
www.kcvairbrush.com