I had the same issue with my first Firebird's rocker nuts. I removed them to check wear on the rockers and a couple backed off a week or two later, tightened them back down and they backed off a week or two later. Put new ones on it and never had an issue with it again.
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I went through that on my 55 also, new nuts fixed it
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I decided to see if I could do something about the odd tire wear up front, the camber was a bit negative, more so on the pass side.
this is what I did, it looks like it's just about zero degrees on both sides now. Notice the inner rib on the pass side tire is worn more.
We had a fun discussion about this stuff on the HAMB, a few guys who work on big trucks suggested the jack and chains method. It works.My fabulous web page
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Looks good did you have to go past 0 and let it come back?
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If you look at pipe legged towers with welded tabs on them, the pipe bends at the welds..
I used to straighten them on a huge press brake.. 4X6 blocks about a foot from the tabs and a 4X4 on top..
It would bend a long ways before straightening.. Had to use blocks because anything stiff would collapse the pipe.
I straighten bent derby car frames like you did on the front end.. They can slip the wrong way fast!
Never thought of doing a front end like that! Gonna have to try that on a bent trailer axle I got!
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this tubing is pretty heavy...I think it's 5/16" wall, not likely to kink!
I've been organizing stuff so it's more nicer for the road trips. I made a box for the trunk, this also lets me keep stuff in the car without locking the car, and folks can't get at it easily. since there's no trunk bulkhead, I had to do something.
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I did some accounting...found all my time slips for the car, including the ones I only had pictures of that I had turned in on Drag Weeks. I made a spreadsheet, all 48 runs.
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Originally posted by squirrel View PostI decided to see if I could do something about the odd tire wear up front, the camber was a bit negative, more so on the pass side.
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this is what I did, it looks like it's just about zero degrees on both sides now. Notice the inner rib on the pass side tire is worn more.
We had a fun discussion about this stuff on the HAMB, a few guys who work on big trucks suggested the jack and chains method. It works.
Whoa! That is a heck of a trick!Escaped on a technicality.
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The local truck shop by me does that. I've taken my Econoline vans there with the Twin I Beam. My brother took his old Econoline with a straight axle there for the same.
Good job. Your camber must have really been off. I've been running a little over 1° neg camber and haven't noticed any noticeable wear. Don't forget to check toe now.TomOverdrive is overrated
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I set the toe to 1/8" in. It didn't take much adjusting.
I'm considering taking the car into the alignment shop, and have them measure everything, and possibly set the toe more accurately than I can. I'm kind of wondering if there's any tracking issues, with the rear end, since I've welded perches on the housing a couple times. Doesn't look too bad from what I can eyeball, but it would be interesting to see where everything really is.
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