Thread: 1946 Ford Coupe-

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OH thats so sweet ....really needs a nice tube chassis and some wheel tubs on air ride, come on the site could use another pro street 40's hot rod!

Brakes fixed- replaced wheel cylinders- not just the leaker- had a bear of a time getting the filler bolt out of the master cylinder- next project will be to change that to a dual master-

I checked center bolt on spring- OK- checked measurements side to side from crossmember to spring center bolt- within a 1/8 inch- so anyone have any ideas why one wheel is back in wheel opening 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch- not centered- wife followed me and says it is not dog tracking so now what should I check-

Originally Posted by 2bubbas

I checked center bolt on spring- OK- checked measurements side to side from cross member to spring center bolt- within a 1/8 inch- so anyone have any ideas why one wheel is back in wheel opening 1/2 to 3/4 of an inch- not centered- wife followed me and says it is not dog tracking so now what should I check-

Sometime in its 65 year life it could have had (1)a replacement fender or (2) been hit and the frame is trapezoidal or kinked or (3) the differential is bent or (4) spring mounts are installed back/forth in the wrong place.

If you can find a drive on lift, that along with a tape measure and a frame dimension drawing, spend an hour taking measurements.

Thanks Jerry and IC2:

I'll do it- The mounts measure out the same in relation to the frame- the springs are the same- so I'll start checking frame- it's not that much out but it bugs me-

Have you measured the actual wheelbase both sides? When you say the springs are the same does that include where the locator pin is in relation to the eys? Is the locator hole on the axles spring pad in the same position? Just some thoughts that come to mind that haven't been written.

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Have you measured the actual wheelbase both sides? When you say the springs are the same does that include where the locator pin is in relation to the eys? Is the locator hole on the axles spring pad in the same position? Just some thoughts that come to mind that haven't been written.

All good suggestions- I'll be checking in a day or two- Thanks!