[FC] Greenbrier Alignment Settings? / brake leak - no rant

[Chris & Bill Strickland]

>I would like to lower the rear and fix the camber. 
>Is there any drastic fixes like cutting frames or making a "camber kit"
>

First, as I said, it wasn't a great day, and second, the topic is a pet 
peeve that I just don't understand. Probably 'cause I have a history of 
buying tires in person rather than mail-order. Great idea, Bryan, but 
alcohol and diabetes just don't mix well.

Next, there is a current thread on VV about a fuel leak problem that has 
a lot of good info about inverted flare fittings -- one place where the 
fuel and brake lines have something in common -- esp the post by Frank.

Lowering a swing axle suspension -- since you want to probably try and 
keep wide tires pretty close to square with the pavement both for tread 
wear and appearance, that means keeping that axle horizontal -- to lower 
the vehicle and keep the axle horizontal, basically you have to raise 
the differential, which, in a Corvair, means you have to raise the 
drivetrain and the rear crossmember, which means you'd probably also 
have to raise the rear deck area, ie drop the body down over the 
drivetrain, sorta like 'channeling' (as in 'chopped and channeled')  -- 
yeah, drastic major surgery. Or, you could convert over to a half-shaft 
style suspension like in a Late Model -- means you have to find a new 
place for springs or a strut tower. Or you get smaller wheels/tires 
where the center of the wheel is yea much lower than what you have now. 
Maybe one could adapt the gear boxes from the end of the axles from an 
old VW Transporter -- turned upside down, they should lower about the 
same amount that they raised the old Transporters. I think they sell 
these new in the VW aftermarket for buggie use.  Anyway, you'd probably 
also have to do some bodywork to the wheel well opening, too, and that 
is where I drew the line cause I like the way they look just the way 
they are in terms of the sculpture on the body sides -- I like Earlies, too.

Bill Strickland