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Skeet Creekmore (aka flagator79) [ View ] [ corvette@jam.rr.com ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] West Monroe, Louisianna (318) 396-7010  If the world was fair, the worm would eat the bird half the time

When I cranked the '36 after 2 1/2 years of re-do, I discovered that the harmonic balancer is rubbing on the rack. I had replaced the front with a ""Total Cost Involved" or rather had it done, and it was not discovered that they rubbed until last week. QUESTION:? 1 ) CAN THE RACK BE LOWERED SLIGHTLY WITHOUT CAUSING STEERING AND ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS or 2) WILL I HAVE TO RAISE THE ENGINE THE NECESSARY AMOUNT? Which is the easiest and best (safest) thing to do. WOULD APPRECIATE SOME ADVICE. THANKS IN ADVANCE --SKEET BY THE WAY I am doing great - have a way to go - but God has been good to me. Thanks for asking those of you who did. Just need to get my ride back on the street. Whew! it's been too long.

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Posted by da34guy  -  04/20/2008 06:33 PM Skeet- How bad is the balancer hittin the rack? If not much, build a 3/16 spacer for each motor mount- lift motor and slip in spacers . Shouldn't change the angle of the tranny output enuf to do any harm. Good Luck Buddy Don Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by flagator79  -  04/20/2008 06:38 PM Don, It's touching it a but and the guy that is being my wrists for a while is afraid that it will rub a hole in the brand new rack. I can clearly hear it scrubbing against the balancer. So you think that raising the engine will be the thing to do?! I was just concerned about the alignment. If the world was fair, the worm would eat the bird half the time [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] West Monroe, Louisianna Charter Member since December 2005   Posted by da34guy  -  04/20/2008 06:41 PM Skeet- Give it a shot But B4 you do -Check the angle of the output on the tailshaft After the mod if it only changed by a couple degrees--U'l B ok Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by flagator79  -  04/20/2008 06:51 PM Thanks my friend. Just a question-is there no way to lower the rack a skosh? Probably a stupid question. Also, where is the most reasonable place to order VDO Classic guages (a six pack)? I have Heritage Gold on the '36 now and it just doesn't go. If the world was fair, the worm would eat the bird half the time [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] West Monroe, Louisianna Charter Member since December 2005   Posted by 27ratrod  -  04/20/2008 07:41 PM Yogi's has VDO gauges. www.yogisinc,com or call 'em at 1-800-373-1937 Papa John [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Warrens, Wisconsin   Posted by MUDMANDENNY  -  04/20/2008 09:37 PM SKEET,--------I KNOW IT PROBABLY SOUNDS AWFUL, BUT I`M GLAD THAT CAR PROBLEMS ARE OCCUPYING YOUR THOUGHTS NOW. IT`S BEEN A HARD ROAD FOR YOU , BUT YOU SEEM TO BE COMING THROUGH LIKE A CHAMP!!! MUDMANDENNY [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] MCDONALD, Ohio   Posted by aosborn  -  04/21/2008 01:28 AM Lowering the rack can lead to bump steer problems with the front end. The amount you need to raise the engine will depend on the type of motor mounts you have installed. With urethane mounts you can have the clearance as close as 1/4" or so, with factory style mounts, you should leave more room, as the engine moves around more with those style of mounts. aosborn [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Olympia, Washington   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/21/2008 07:49 AM you can slice the rack mounts and reweld. it should roll the rack down a little without causing problems with the steering shaft. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003

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