----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 5:12
AM
Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] rear axle
ratio??
Never said to lay UNDER the car and watch the driveshaft,
Wayne. It's easy enough to look underneath the car while knealing BESIDE
the car and see the point of the wire tie to see when it gets close to or just
after the third revolution as the tire makes a full revolution. After
all, you have to have the 2nd person stop you at one tire
revolution. Unless you have a 4+ gear set, the tie is going to be real
close to where it started (pointing straight down) to determine its final
position at one full tire turn and will indicate a high 2+ or very low 3+ gear
ratio.
It's not like the fella that wanted to take the hood off
his car and have his buddy ride in the engine bay and look down the carb to
see if the vacuum secondaries opened at full throttle. :*)
Dale McIntosh
TC Gold #92/ACES #1709
67SS/67 Elky
Dale�s Place � My 67
SS and 67 El Camino
ChevelleStuff � Decoding info on 64-72 Chevelles
Team 67 � 1967
Chevelle/El Camino Specific
Midwest Chevelles � Midwest Chevelle Show Information
Thanks for a real FOOL
proof method. Dale ... Not being a Lawyer. I think I would include a
disclaimer in this technique.
A guy gets a Bazillions
Dollars because his Motor Home RV called Cruise control " Auto Pilot"
and he left the controls to get a cup of Java !
Just the thought of one person
driving and another laying on the ground watching the drive shaft could =
disaster
One positive note... they
would be candidate for the Chevelle Darwin Award
:)
Wayne
ACES # 1556
TC # 186
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 9:43
PM
Subject: RE: [Chevelle-list] rear
axle ratio??
Here's another method you can use and takes two
people. Get a large wire tie and snug it around the driveshaft with
what's left pointing down (6:00 position) as a reference, i.e., don't snip
off the end. Make a chalk mark on the tire at its lowest point on
the ground. Carefully push or drive car one full tire revolution
while 2nd person watches the wire tie on the driveshaft and counts the
full revs. When the tire has made one full turn, look at the wire
tie. How many full turns did it make and where it is now in relation
to pointing straight down. Did it make just over 3 turns - could be
3.07 or 3.08; 3 1/4 turns - 3.23, etc. That will get you close to the
final ratio with whatever wheels/tires are on the car
now.
Dale McIntosh
TC Gold #92/ACES #1709
67SS/67 Elky
Dale�s Place � My 67 SS and 67 El Camino
ChevelleStuff � Decoding info on 64-72 Chevelles
Team 67 � 1967 Chevelle/El Camino Specific
Midwest Chevelles � Midwest Chevelle Show Information
