<VV> FC axle spacing

[Frank DuVal]

You need to fix this at the pumpkin. If you space out the backing plate 
from the control arm, you loose space between the tire and the quarter 
panel. This space is minimal to begin with with any tire larger than stock.

Have you tried Shaun's suggestion?

"Hi Kevin, did you remove the dished nuts inside the diff where the Late 
yokes bolt into? The Early/FC yoke is a slip yoke for suspension travel, 
so no bolts into the diff, thus no nuts. The slip yokes won't go all the 
way in with the nuts in place.

yea, Vairily ... Shaun "

Frank DuVal

Kevin Clark kevin at kcvairbrush.com wrote:

> 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 guts in the  
> axle housing. 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? I suppose 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
>
>
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