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Duhaaaayum. It would have been easier to just cut the body. Get it on the ground!! I need to see this car.

Glenn A wrote:Duhaaaayum. It would have been easier to just cut the body. Get it on the ground!! I need to see this car.

WTF...You told me not to cut the body! Are you f-ing with me??

call me a hack, but I still say cutting the car is the way to go.

Brown wrote:

Glenn A wrote:Duhaaaayum. It would have been easier to just cut the body. Get it on the ground!! I need to see this car.

WTF...You told me not to cut the body! Are you f-ing with me??

Yea I'm f-ing with you.

You know what it took some time to do but now i can swap it to antother car and not have to cut that one up as well, plus i got to weld some more!!

welding looked better too.

Glenn A wrote:welding looked better too.

Oh stop patronizing me!!

The Beam is done and all that is left is to bleed the brakes and get the front end aligned.

Here are some shots!

Now that the front is dropped... the rear is way too high.

Glenn wrote:Now that the front is dropped... the rear is way too high.

yea and your point is??

Brown wrote:

Glenn wrote:Now that the front is dropped... the rear is way too high.

yea and your point is??

No good deed gets unpunished.

Glenn wrote:

Brown wrote:

Glenn wrote:Now that the front is dropped... the rear is way too high.

yea and your point is??

No good deed gets unpunished.

I would lower the back but Tom will complain about me again!!

Glenn wrote:Now that the front is dropped... the rear is way too high.

A little stingy with the complilments, where's your hoilday spirit?

Looks like a good deed to me!!

AoT wrote: where's your hoilday spirit?

My holiday is over.

Can't tell from those pics how narrow new beam looks? Maybe wait till it gets darker and stand in your neighbors yard for the right angle!

What are your thoughts on the 3" ken? Think it is going to be just right? Are you going to set it lower? You going to get some 145's for it?

do you have lowered spindles on that beam too?

I hear he's going to slam it on earlies

The ride out to and back from the CRW was interesting. SInce it has the new narrowed beam and i have not gotten it alligned yet i was not sure what to expect.

When i got on the parkway it went straight and didn't pull to either side . The steering wheel didn't shake or move at all and the car was very response to turning.

The problem was when driving at highway speed I was getting a thump. thump, thump sound when I went into a left turn or changed lanes to the left. When turned the wheel from side to side i would get the thump aonly when truend to the left but not the right.

I know i need to get the fron end aligned but could this be due to a bad rear wheel bearing or CV joint on the right side of the car?

THanks for anythoughts!!

something might be rubbing?

dubstar wrote:something might be rubbing?

Nope nothing is rubbing!

It only takes a very little turn, basicly when the wieght of the car transfers to the right side!!

Ke I dont know it it's the same, but I drove my blue bus without a alligment for a while after I lowered it, ad I had the same, almost clapping like sound whenever I turned to the left, as soon as I had it alliged it went away.

Thanks, that is what i will do!! I think while it is getting alligned i will get all four wheels balanced as well.

I recently had my bus aligned and it made a big difference...

dubstar wrote:I recently had my bus aligned and it made a big difference...

Did you have to bring the bus to a specific place familiar with vintage vehicles, or can any alignment shop work on it?

williamblanda wrote:

dubstar wrote:I recently had my bus aligned and it made a big difference...

Did you have to bring the bus to a specific place familiar with vintage vehicles, or can any alignment shop work on it?

Hey, don't be hijacking my thread!!!!