<VV> Pushing up the rear

[LonzoVair at aol.com]

Bill,
On the subject of the rear bolts, I had a relatively new one (less  than 3 
years old) snap on me last year while driving over some RR tracks  (at about 
5MPH, so speed wasn't an issue), so I looked at the snapped bolt (what  was 
left of it) after driving no more than 40 ft to a parking lot... the snap  
happened one full thread down from the shoulder, and it WAS a Grade 8 bolt.  
But looking more closely at it, I could see where it had hit the axle shaft 
with  the head of the bolt, rubbing one of the marks off the head. The 
original bolts  were domed, like a carriage bolt, only without the square 
shoulder under the  head. I ended up purchasing a pair of NOS bolts, and getting 
some new bushings.  All is well now... knock on wood....
Later,
Lonzo
 
 
In a message dated 6/5/2009 1:03:29 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lechevrier at earthlink.net writes:


>the rear end of my Corvair is a bit low, ... anybody who  has a good idea 
to push up the rear end? 
>

As several have said,  the springs hold up the car, not standard shocks, 
although good shocks  "may" help with the bottoming situation.  However, 
why does everyone  want to focus on the coil springs?  They are hard to 
change, sorta  expensive when shipped, and Arend wasn't complaining about 
sagging on one  side or the other, just the rear.  Since it is a 1964, as 
has been  noted, wouldn't it be worth while to check the state of the 
rubber  bushings on the leaf spring? That's about an inch if they are  
missing.  And isn't it probably time to replace those old outer end  leaf 
spring bolts before one breaks?  Maybe with shorter bolts?   Quick, easy 
(sorta, but especially when compared to changing the rear  coils), less 
expensive, easier to ship, equally as effective as new coils  ...

That flat steel bar back there is NOT a "camber compensator"   it is a 
spring to make up for those weak rear coils they use to change the  roll 
issues (along with heavier front springs and the front sway  bar)  -- the 
rear leaf is there to hold the rear of the car up  (without adding to the 
roll center height, or something like that).   Shorter bolts and new 
bushings will stiffen it up a bit in the back,  raising the ride height.

If the 1964 rear leaf is missing or has been  removed, please disregard 
the previous comments.

Bill  Strickland
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