Topic: Wheel spacing woes continue
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I have a 72 with 245 60 15 Goodrich Radial TAs - looks like what you are running I can measure when I get home today - from the tire to the front of the fender well and from the tire to the back, is that what you need?
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As far as swapping the control arms, it can, and has been done(don't ask...
). To tell the difference, you'll need to measure from the center on the ball joint, to the end of the control arm shaft(where the bolts hold the bushing in) front and rear. The front should be longer than the rear. It's hard to tell just from looking unless you have both arms side by side, but they are different.
As far as the other measurements, I think Ben is looking for measurements of the frame itself, not how much space there is between the tires and the fenders.
Ben, I looked at the engineering drawings that I have, but they do NOT have the specific point/point measurements you need for the frame machine. I got a couple other ideas, tho, so I'll keep looking.
). To tell the difference, you'll need to measure from the center on the ball joint, to the end of the control arm shaft(where the bolts hold the bushing in) front and rear. The front should be longer than the rear. It's hard to tell just from looking unless you have both arms side by side, but they are different.As far as the other measurements, I think Ben is looking for measurements of the frame itself, not how much space there is between the tires and the fenders.
Ben, I looked at the engineering drawings that I have, but they do NOT have the specific point/point measurements you need for the frame machine. I got a couple other ideas, tho, so I'll keep looking.
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I actually need both frame measurements and wheel to fender on both sides both front and back
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Sorry it took so long. Was having trouble getting the camera to focus. It looks like I have about 3 1/8" between the wheel and fender flare on front and back. I am running the 245 60R 15 tires. Hope that's helpful. Sorry for massive picture sizes!
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persico said: Sorry it took so long. Was having trouble getting the camera to focus. It looks like I have about 3 1/8" between the wheel and fender flare on front and back. I am running the 245 60R 15 tires. Hope that's helpful. Sorry for massive picture sizes!
did you measure the front gap as well?
How do you need the front gap measured?
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Norsky said:
How do you need the front gap measured?
so far though it looks like appx 3" is the right gap for the back.
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Yes pic 1 is the front gap if you look closely at the 3" mark on the ruler you can see the fender flare edge. Sorry it's not the greatest. Both front and rear gaps measured the same .
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Yes pic 1 is the front gap if you look closely at the 3" mark on the ruler you can see the fender flare edge. Sorry it's not the greatest. Both front and rear gaps measured the same .
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persico said: Yes pic 1 is the front gap if you look closely at the 3" mark on the ruler you can see the fender flare edge. Sorry it's not the greatest. Both front and rear gaps measured the same .
did both driver and passenger side measure the same?
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