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Re: Tire Rubbing Issues [Re: dart4forte] #2314705
06/01/17 05:37 PM
06/01/17 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted By dart4forte
Originally Posted By autoxcuda
Originally Posted By rustbuckett68
You could clearance the fronts (or rears) the old way. Put a wood baseball bat between tire and fender, and roll car back and forth, by hand. If more space is needed, put some hefty buddies on the hood and repeat



If you do that, roll the bat and hit the outside with a rubber mallet. Or some sort of soft headed mallet. I used a leather mallet shown in the pic.

That supports the hit. Same idea I stressed before, small hits. Slowly work the metal.



Steve, are you the one with the hammer? eek


No, I'm taking picture. He pulls his finger away when he swung.

Re: Tire Rubbing Issues [Re: MuuMuu101] #2315232
06/02/17 06:39 PM
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Re: Tire Rubbing Issues [Re: MuuMuu101] #2325556
06/23/17 01:27 AM
06/23/17 01:27 AM
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I got lucky at Woodward!
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Sorry, I kind of left this thread for dead. I've been super busy. Was on vacation for about a week and a half and then I just started another session of school again.

But I drove the Dart today for about 30 mins. I didn't push the car too much because there was traffic on the street. Before I created this thread, I actually used a BFH on the front fenders and the past couple times I've driven it I haven't seen swiss tires on the front. The rears are rubbing on the outer fender (although it didn't happen today). There seems to be a ledge on the inside of the quarter panel and it's catching on that. It's not rubbing the rolled lip. I took a BFH to it and hopefully that helps.

It seems like my short term fix is going to helper springs. My friend has a set that he used on his '72 Charger so that should help with reducing compression. Long-term fix would be offset shackles, that way I can remove my 5mm spacers and relieve some space. Also, I remembered that the 8 3/4 favors the passenger side so there's extra rub there. The offset shackles should center the 8 3/4 in between the wheel wells. So, we'll see. I hope I can fit 275's all around some day. Gotta keep massaging. hammer

Picture 1: Driver side Quarter panel rub.
Picture 2: Bad picture of potential point of rub for driver side inboard wheel well.
Picture 3: Passenger side Quarter panel rub.

Tire Rub Rear 1.jpgTire Rub Rear 2.jpgTire Rub Rear 3.jpg
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