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1. [Fot] Early (shorter) rear axles in square-tail Spit? (score: 1): Author: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:58:18 -0500; Well, maybe I'm getting just a little too itchy to get one of the Spitfires back on track before the snow flies, but here's the question. Would the shorter (narrower track) swing axles from an earlie; /html/fot/2007-09/msg00084.html (8,220 bytes)
2. Re: [Fot] Early (shorter) rear axles in square-tail Spit? (score: 1): Author: herald948@aol.com; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:59:44 -0400; Would the shorter (narrower track) swing axles from an earlier car work on a later Spitfire if I swapped the spring along with the axles? The narrower track would not be ideal, I'm sure, but would it; /html/fot/2007-09/msg00085.html (9,075 bytes)
3. Re: [Fot] Early (shorter) rear axles in square-tail Spit? (score: 1): Author: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:01:29 -0500; Wow, I didn't know the track difference was 2 inches. That seems like a lot. Certainly a lot to make up with wheel spacers... Would the shorter (narrower track) swing axles from an earlier car work o; /html/fot/2007-09/msg00086.html (9,529 bytes)
4. Re: [Fot] Early (shorter) rear axles in square-tail Spit? (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 07:32:51 -0700; The spring really has nothing to do with the axle length. The springs are the same length through the entire series of Spits. The axle length only has to do with the amount of negative camber is crea; /html/fot/2007-09/msg00087.html (10,177 bytes)
5. Re: [Fot] Early (shorter) rear axles in square-tail Spit? (score: 1): Author: herald948@aol.com; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:06:42 -0400; Wow, I didn't know the track difference was 2 inches. That seems like a lot. Certainly a lot to make up with wheel spacers... ==AM== Just guessing, but maybe the right wheel offset could help compens; /html/fot/2007-09/msg00089.html (8,575 bytes)
6. Re: [Fot] Early (shorter) rear axles in square-tail Spit? (score: 1): Author: "Clark W. Nicholls" <clarkfot@cwnicholls.net>; Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:43:49 -0400; I've done it for short term while acquiring a proper axle. The toe-in will be wrong unless you do something to compensate. Otherwise ok. But why bother? Clark --Original Message-- From: fot-bounces+c; /html/fot/2007-09/msg00100.html (10,048 bytes)
7. Re: [Fot] Early (shorter) rear axles in square-tail Spit? (score: 1): Author: "Barr, Scott" <sbarr@McCarty-Law.com>; Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:36:51 -0500; <<But why bother?>> 'Cuz I need to do it short term while acquiring a proper axle :-) I've got some alternative trailing arms I hope to use to get the toe right - no real way to know until the axles; /html/fot/2007-09/msg00108.html (10,586 bytes)
8. Re: [Fot] Early (shorter) rear axles in square-tail Spit? (score: 1): Author: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2007 07:05:47 -0700; Get some of Clive Averill's aluminum turnbuckle radius arms with the Hiem joint ends. Then you can set the toe as you need. Joe _______________________________________________ http://www.team.net/don; /html/fot/2007-09/msg00109.html (12,087 bytes)

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