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Technical Lowering the rear of a '32 Roadster the traditional way

Discussion in 'Traditional Hot Rods' started by firerod, Sep 23, 2014.

  1. DeucemanLt1
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    It's not the reversing that makes it "grow", it's the de-arc.


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  2. firerod
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    Today I took all of your advice and reversed the eyes myself with a press. Took about 30-45 minutes and was no big deal. Thanks HAMBers.
     
  3. Hitchhiker
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  4. alchemy
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    Evidently DeucemanLtl hasn't read the article. Or taken some before and after measurements.
     
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  5. "It's not the things you don't know that get you into trouble, its the things that you know for certain that just ain't so. "

    But I suppose you could reverse one and keep the eyes the same, but there's no way to de arch one and keep the same Eye to Eye
     
  6. Hitchhiker
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    But then the arc isn't the same.


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  7. Yes I know, it's a little poofy.
    Then you need to de arch it to get the same arc. And as we all know de arching a spring makes it bigger in the eye to eye dimension.
     
  8. terrarodder
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