<VV> The 3 Greatest Corvair Improvements

[airvair]

That may be, but if it's good enough for alternator bearings, it's good
enough for blower bearings. Besides, I'd rather be able to replace them
when and where needed than need to and not be able. The factory design
was defective from the start in that they "assumed" that it would last
"forever", (one of their "sealed for life" ideas that I call "sealed for
death.") Hence they designed it for a "special" bearing, and needing a
complicated repair procedure. Heck, even the fact that they *needed* to
upgrade at all the bearing size from its original 1960 design is an
admission that their idea sucked in the first place. Idiot designers!

-Mark C

corvairs wrote:
> 
> That's sort of a funny irony Ron because the 6207 bearings that are used
> in this conversion are rated at a much lower load rate than the original
> type blower bearing. I've often joked that it's a good thing that the
> conversion makes changing the bearings so easy - because you're going to
> have to do it many more times! Lon
> 
> Ron wrote:
> 
> > What's the object of a quick change bearing when it only needs doing
> > every ten or twenty years?
> > RonH
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "airvair" <airvair at richnet.net>
> > Subject: Re: <VV> The 3 Greatest Corvair Improvements
> >
> >
> >> Orville Eison's Quick Change Blower Bearing. Clark's sells the American
> >> Pi/Ray Sedman design variation that they call a cartridge bearing.
> >>
> >> -Mark C
> >>
> >> corvairs wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Since we're playing games how about this one -
> >>>
> >>> What are the greatest Corvair improvements? I have 3.
> >>> 1)Viton O rings
> >>> 2) Pertronix electronic Ignition
> >>> 3) Bolted flywheels (also Palmer hot riveted flywheels)
> >>>
> >>> What would you add to the list?
> >>> The rules -
> >>>
> >>> The impovement MUST solve a recognized Corvair problem. That's why, for
> >>> example, radial tires (often on this list) doesn't count. While they
> >>> make the Corvair handle better, the Corvair did not have a handling
> >>> problem prior to thier acceptance. This also rules out synthetic oil
> >>> (sorry Amsoil pushers) because the use of regular motor oil is NOT a
> >>> Corvair problem.
> >>>
> >>> The improvement MUST fix a general problem common in both earlies and
> >>> lates. So magnesium blower fans and alternator charging systems, while
> >>> critical improvements to early model Corvairs wouldn't count.
> >>>
> >>> The improvement must be aftermarket - Taking the 2 examples just
> >>> mentioned, those were upgrades provided by the factory on subsequent
> >>> years.
> >>>
> >>> Rule #4, is the most important. You cannot spend the next 2 weeks and
> >>> 400 posts arguing about the rules.
> >>>
> >>> I can defend my choice of 3
> >>>
> >>> I'm curious if I've left something off my list?
> >>>
> >>> Lon
> >>> www.corvairunderground.com
> >>>
> >>