lowering a stock 67 front end

rredwar · Posted: Tue Apr 05, 2011 10:48 pm Post subject: lowering a stock 67 front end

ok so i have a dumb question and havent seen anything on here about it. My question is why cant you loosen the grub screws on the front end and drop the front end, then tighten the grub screws back up? Wouldnt it be the same as using beam adjusters?

VOLKSWAGNUT · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:48 am Post subject:

If your talking about the center Grub Screw it is only for securing and centering the torsion springs. It screws into a fixed portion of the center of the tube and on original axles wont rotate. Thus the installation of adjusters is required. On Ball Joint beams it's best to start with spindles to not create binding ball joints when lowering. Then if you need adjusters ad them to create the height you like.

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rredwar · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:34 am Post subject:

Ok so the bars wont turn inside the beams? I wasn't sure if they did or not. Thanks for the help

Jer*Fab · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 10:54 am Post subject:

They just twist inside from the center fixed grub screw holder.
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rredwar · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 3:48 pm Post subject:

wouldnt it be the same as installing adjusters? Dont you loosen up the adjusters and and move the bars to lower the car, then re tighten them?

Miklo · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 4:48 pm Post subject:

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rredwar · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 5:55 pm Post subject:

Ok I understand it now...thanks for yalls help..

Boom · Posted: Wed Apr 06, 2011 7:56 pm Post subject:

not sure how far away tarkington is from Houston but we have a pretty good group of people on the northside
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rredwar · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 2:08 am Post subject:

Tarkington is between Dayton and Cleveland. Were about 45 min north of Houston on 59

rredwar · Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 10:02 pm Post subject:

here is my 67 I picked up a few weeks ago

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kolt10 · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 12:39 am Post subject:

When I was first wanting lower my car and run air shocks I wondered the same question, and I was told the same answers you got. Once I cut and narrowed my own beam on my 67, I finally understood. So here is a pic for you to get the concept of the grub screw, it really only prevents side to side movement of the torsion leaves. This is the center part of the beam that I cut out when i narrowed my beam. The grooves hold the leaves, so if you remove the grub screw nothing is gonna happen because the part that holds the leaves is part of the beam tube.

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rredwar · Posted: Fri Apr 08, 2011 1:00 am Post subject:

Kolt, thanks for that pic, I now have a better understanding of how the front end works. Thanks for everyones help.


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