09-06-2012, 04:35 PM | #1 |
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61 TBIRD Rear
A friend of mine has a 61 Tbird. I was cleaning it up the other day and when i was cleaning the white wall tires, on the pasenger side i could get my hand between the tire and fender skirt. On the drivers side i could hardly get my finger tips between. We put it up on a lift and every thing looked okay and tight. We loosend every thing up but could not move the rear over to the left. Any idea what could be the problem. Thanks to all.
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09-06-2012, 08:16 PM | #2 |
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Re: 61 TBIRD Rear
Do you have the same width or offset rims on each side?
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09-06-2012, 09:41 PM | #3 |
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Re: 61 TBIRD Rear
Maybe the skirts are slightly different, mounted a little differently or one is slightly bent. Maybe just a stack up of tolerences too.
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09-07-2012, 08:11 AM | #4 |
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Re: 61 TBIRD Rear
During the late 70's, I asked a Ford engineer what the specs were for a frame. After about three days he found the answer. At that time, it was plus or minus 3/8 inch. That means one frame could be 3/4 inch different from the next and be OK. Its just production tolerance.
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09-08-2012, 03:16 AM | #5 |
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Re: 61 TBIRD Rear
Interesting. Tell me more about it.
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09-08-2012, 07:01 AM | #6 |
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Re: 61 TBIRD Rear
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