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Re: Converting to Steel Wheels

To: John Colosimo <jcolosim@exodus.lrcsb.lakeheadu.ca>
Subject: Re: Converting to Steel Wheels
From: Patton Dickson <kpatton@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 1997 08:26:02 -0800
Cc: spridgets@Autox.Team.Net
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Reply-to: Patton Dickson <kpatton@worldnet.att.net>
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Gosh I hope not.  I got the directions out of a book(which I don't have
in front of me, maybe it was Porter's).  If this is true, I'm in a bunch
or trouble.

Any verifications out there?

Patton


John Colosimo wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> I believe the axle housing for the wire wheel cars is a bit narrower than
> that for the solid type, and the axle shafts are shorter to suit.  I think
> the axle shafts from a solid wheel car are too long to fit in that housing.
> A freind of mine just went through this conversion and he had to change the
> whole rear axle to fit the solid wheels.
> 
> John Colosimo
> 60 &64 sprites
> wires and solid resectively
> 
> Hi Evangelos,
> 
> I'm in the middle of doing the reverse conversion myself (to bad we are
> so far off, we could just trade parts).
> 
> All you need from a steel wheel car is
> 
> wheels
> hubs and lugs
> new front rotors (get new ones though)
> both rear half shafts
> 
> I got the whole swivel arm assembly from the front on mine though,
> that way, all I had to do was take off the king pin nut (with spring
> compressed), remove the brake calipers, and slide everything I needed
> right off.  The parts yard decided that they would rather save the time
> than go through he process of stripping the hub.  Lucky me!!!
> 
> Patton

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Patton Dickson                   Dallas, TX

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