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02-26-2014, 06:49 PM
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Front Wheel Clearance
Ok, I've got a 69 chassis, 85 front crossmember with McGaughy's 2.5 drop spindles. I was going to use the 85 15" rallyes for temporary rollers but when I put them on I'm so close to the tie rod the wheel weight hits. Back spacing appears to be 4.25. Am I missing something? I did a search and people on here seem to be using the same combo so I'm stumped. I've got a pic but I've got to upload it.
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02-26-2014, 07:12 PM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
Here's the pic.
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02-26-2014, 10:38 PM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
Well, I guess I missed the rally wheel FAQ. Sorry, my bad. I guess I'll use some spacers for now. They are only temporary.
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02-27-2014, 03:43 AM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
Or you can knock off the weights and use stick on weights. That's what I had to do with the 15x7s on my 70.
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02-27-2014, 10:55 AM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
dont need wheel weights for a roller project
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02-27-2014, 11:23 AM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
Quote:
Edit: They are 15 X 8.
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02-28-2014, 03:56 AM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
I use 15x7 rims up front
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02-28-2014, 07:30 AM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
You can shave a little off the steering to. Shouldn't take a lot just enough to clear them.
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02-28-2014, 09:50 AM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
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03-04-2014, 01:05 PM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
Somehow I didn't notice, but I discovered that I had 2 7" wheels an 2 8" wheels. These wheels were on an 85 donor truck I used. Don't know why there were 2 different sizes on that truck, it was completely stock. Dumb luck I guess. Still pretty tight in the tie rod but no rub.
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03-04-2014, 02:13 PM
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Re: Front Wheel Clearance
A local member here just had the exact same problem. He had a bad vibration. His wheel weights were rubbed down from hitting and became unbalanced. He took his wheels and had them balanced using the stick on weights on the back/inside of the wheel (like they use on modern wheels).
These: 
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