<VV> quick steering arms

Frank DuVal corvairduval at cox.net
Wed Mar 19 10:53:30 EDT 2025


Well, Clarks does list their aftermarket arms with different part 
numbers for early and late, so....

Take a close look between them. Maybe the "stop" is slightly different.

Frank DuVal

On 3/19/2025 10:50 AM, Frank DuVal wrote:
> You will find the aftermarket arms are probably too fast, as they mess 
> up the Ackerman angles of the tie rods/idler/steering pittman arm 
> relationship. That being said, I ran them for years on my 64 Spyder...😉
>
> I found no difference between early and late steering arms, except the 
> lates seemed beefier. Maybe because  they had less time to rust here 
> in the rusty east?
>
> For a while Matt Nall in Oregon made and sold an adjustable arm, so 
> you could dial in the amount of quick vs issues. if you find a set of 
> those, buy them.
>
> Frank DuVal
>
> On 3/19/2025 8:41 AM, Mark Plucenik via VirtualVairs wrote:
>> Im hoping some out there can clear up some confusion for me . I have 
>> a LM 66
>> Corsa and would like to add quick steering arms. I have a set of 
>> aftermarket
>> arms that were labeled off a 64 Spyder.  They look like they will fit 
>> my 66
>> but I have not dissembled anything yet to confirm that. There are NO 
>> part
>> numbers or ID on the quick arms. I've also been told that the only
>> difference between EM and LM armes is actually only the part number.
>>
>>
>>                                             I appreciate any info,  
>> Thanks,
>> Mark
>>
>>


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