<VV> front cross member

[airvair at earthlink.net]

Never said he was. But my buddy Mike threatened to send him one of our cars
and have him change out the crossmember for us. LOL

BTW, I understand acetone and ATF mixed 50/50 works the best.

-Mark

> [Original Message]
> From: henry kaczmarek <kaczmarek at charter.net>
> Subject: Re: <VV> front cross member
>
> Mark
> He weren't wrong, son!  Never owned a Vair that was above the
Manson-Nixon 
> line, and both car and FC front x members hit the ground within about 45 
> minutes.
>
> Some Seafoam Deep Creep works well to help aid things along.  I've
sprayed 
> Deep Creep on top of PB blaster and watched the deep creep go right
through 
> the PB blaster---I think PB is highly over-rated.
>
> Hank
> > Once had a southerner state, matter of  factly, that it was "six bolts
and
> > it's on the floor."
> >
> > Yea, right, braggart......
> >
> > Here in the rustbelt, it's more like a 6-hour job with a hotwrench. And
a
> > LOT of swearing, if one is so inclined.
> >
> > -Mark (waving the blue fog away)
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: Ron <ronh at owt.com>
> >> Subject: Re: <VV> front cross member
> >>
> >> Here in the northwest we recently removed both the front and rear
> >> suspensions from a '64 out in a field and both came off without
anything
> >> breaking, just a little cussing.
> >> RonH
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Rick Norris" <ricknorris at suddenlink.net>
> >> Subject: Re: <VV> front cross member
> >>
> >> >
> >> > In all the front crossmembers I have removed I have never been able
to
> > get
> >> > all the bolts out with out messing up the cage which is just sheet
> > metal
> >> > or
> >> > breaking the bolt.
> >> > Of course I live in the rust belt somewhat too. My experience says
one
> > or
> >> > more nuts will "spin" inside the cage. You can jam a screwdriver into
> > the
> >> > opening on the side of the cage to hold the nut while you try to
loosen
> >> > it.
> >> > If the cage has been ripped up you have to wedge a wrench onto the
> > square
> >> > nut to hold it. I have had to cut the head off the boll to get the
> >> > crossmember out then, chisel off the cage. I have rewelded the cage
> > back
> >> > in
> >> > place and replaced all the mounting hardware. I have also removed the
> >> > cages
> >> > and left them off. Your option.
> >> >
> >> > Rick Norris
> >> > #36 Sunoco Corvair
> >> > www.corvairalley.com
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> A real Corvair question and that is need to know the best way to 
> >> >> remove
> >> >> front crossmember without destroying all the holding bolts and nuts
on
> >> >> one
> >> >> that has rusted to where it may mean the bolts will break as
removed.
> > Do
> >> >> you drill up through the broken pieces and replace?  What is your
> >> >> experience in this area before we start on it?
> >> >
> >
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