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Re: Rear wheel steering

To: spridgets@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Rear wheel steering
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2006 19:11:32 +0000
Front spring hangers firmly in place? Not rusted and flexing?


> I am baffled.
> 69 Midget with everything new on the suspension except maybe the 1/2 
> leaf springs.
> Let off the gas and the rear end twitches like it has a busted leaf spring.
> Under very careful examination, there is no broken leafs. Infact, the 
> springs are very nice and may have even been new with all the other 
> parts that came on this car. New but up to 20 years old but never 
> driven. It now has 30 miles on it.
> Bushings are new looking, as are the bolts but it has been sprayed black 
> at one time and then I shot it all with undercoating.
> It also has a Wheel Wright tube shock conversion.
> This setup looks like a who designed it and ran setup. I don't like it 
> one bit. I can see where the top of the tube shox are not fully home in 
> the mount, they can twist in the hole where the lever shox mount.
> Do you think this is the cause?
> Remember, this is the Midget where the PO redesigned just about every 
> part and system on the car, none of which he thought thru and ALL of it 
> had to be put back to right.
> If anyone has a rear tube shock setup, could you please look under there 
> at the top of the shock and tell me if there is a spacer or something to 
> keep the shock from twisting.
> And if you do have this, does your shock head hit the mount?
> You know, designed by someone who never really tried it.
> -- 
> Frank Clarici
> Toms River, NJ




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