Trailing arm shims
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From: shrewsbury Pa.
Trailing arm shims
Replacing the trailing arms and wheel bearing assembly's on my 70 vette. never done these before, but have everything off at this point, with new ones on the way. Question,........The shims that were on these arms were not like the one's Ive seen pictured in parts books or on line. Instead of being open, or slotted on one end to make it possible to slide them in place after bolt is loosly installed, both ends have a hole to stick the bolt through. Thought this was stange. Also had no cotter pin at lower end which I guess would not be neccesary with this style of shim. Might these shims be original factory ones. Just curious.
Race Director
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From: Millington Illinois
St. Jude Donor '08-'09
Replacing the trailing arms and wheel bearing assembly's on my 70 vette. never done these before, but have everything off at this point, with new ones on the way. Question,........The shims that were on these arms were not like the one's Ive seen pictured in parts books or on line. Instead of being open, or slotted on one end to make it possible to slide them in place after bolt is loosly installed, both ends have a hole to stick the bolt through. Thought this was stange. Also had no cotter pin at lower end which I guess would not be neccesary with this style of shim. Might these shims be original factory ones. Just curious.
Melting Slicks
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From: North NJ
I thought i was going crazy....then i realized you have two posts going at the same time...
My answer here....http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1646736
My answer here....http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show....php?t=1646736
