Need some frame help
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From: sherbrooke quebec
Originally Posted by stingry
There is a place (cannot remember name) that sells sections of C3 frames. Do a search in Vette and Corvette Fever and on the web. You can get pieces. Just get someone who knows what they are doing to put it in/on for you.
Corvette Central have them also for about the same price.
Last edited by syro; Jan 22, 2005 at 10:09 AM.
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From: Flushing MI
Originally Posted by nostgry
Replace the old steel body mounts with the 73 & up urethane style. It'll help reduce cracks a lot.
Thanks, anything to reduce cracks is worth the frame off alone.
I take it no shims are needed . Is there torque requirements?
Racer
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From: Twin Falls Idaho
Originally Posted by syro
Corvette America sell side rail sections of 23'' for 174$ part # 26292 for 75 to 82 or 48'' for 224$ part# 26294 for 75 to 82 vettes
Corvette Central have them also for about the same price.
Corvette Central have them also for about the same price.
That's what I've been looking for! Thanks!
PS...ckerch....welcome to the forum!
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When you dis-assemble the suspension, many of the Corvette bolts are specialty items. In particular they are grade 8 and were custom made for Corvettes. What makes them special is that the shank of the bolt often operates as a pin. Corvette bolts act as precise pins for many functions. Repro bolts have threads in the same portion of the bolt shaft and cannot act as the stock precise pins.
Save an re-use your stock suspension bolts wheneve possible.
Save an re-use your stock suspension bolts wheneve possible.
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From: Flushing MI
Originally Posted by 68/70Vette
When you dis-assemble the suspension, many of the Corvette bolts are specialty items. In particular they are grade 8 and were custom made for Corvettes. What makes them special is that the shank of the bolt often operates as a pin. Corvette bolts act as precise pins for many functions. Repro bolts have threads in the same portion of the bolt shaft and cannot act as the stock precise pins.
Save an re-use your stock suspension bolts wheneve possible.
Save an re-use your stock suspension bolts wheneve possible.
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From: Twin Falls Idaho
There are lot of guys that have a sandblasting cabinet strictly for this purpose. I have access to my inlaw's sandblaster and stainless steel shot machine, and would have no quallms about using either for what you've described. I know there are some parts that have a zonc coating...some bolts and such...and the sandblasting may eat that off, I'm not sure. So just be certain of what you are cleaning before you do it. The trailing arm should not be a problem...just mask off the areas that you want to keep the sand out of.
