 Narrowed trailing arm thread, where did it go? |
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| davesprinkle |
 Dec 8 2009, 10:56 AM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 2,943 Region Association: None 
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I remember reading a thread many years ago where Rich Johnson relocated the wheel bearing in a trailing arm. But now I can't find the thread. Does anyone know where Rich's thread may have gone?
I found a reference to somebody named Timo, who purportedly had done a similar mod, but the thread no longer contains any pics. Here's the link to Timo's now pic-free thread: http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act...amp;hl=trailing Anybody have any clues where this info may have gone? |
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| Gint |
Dec 8 2009, 02:01 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,066 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains  |
Can't really help you with the thread location. But the lack of pictures in that thread link you posted is due to a problem we had sometime back. Many of the links to pictures posted in the early days of the forum kinda disappeared.
Dave, I sent you a PM a couple of weeks ago. I never heard back. |
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| SirAndy |
Dec 8 2009, 02:04 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,602 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
Ayupp, a lot of images from the early days were lost ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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| davesprinkle |
Dec 8 2009, 02:59 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 2,943 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(Gint @ Dec 8 2009, 12:01 PM)  Can't really help you with the thread location. But the lack of pictures in that thread link you posted is due to a problem we had sometime back. Many of the links to pictures posted in the early days of the forum kinda disappeared. Dave, I sent you a PM a couple of weeks ago. I never heard back. Gint, sorry, I owe you a reply. I'll do that now. Thanks. I understand about the pics. That sucks. |
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| Gint |
Dec 8 2009, 03:03 PM
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Mike Ginter Group: Admin Posts: 16,066 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Denver CO. Member No.: 20 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
No problem Dave. Just a friendly reminder. Let me know if I can help.
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| bcheney |
Dec 8 2009, 04:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,341 Joined: 16-November 03 From: Orlando, FL Member No.: 1,348 Region Association: South East States |
Rich sells his six conversion engine mounts on ebay regulary and is lists other items in the vendor section of this site. A terrific guy who supports anyone with a passion for our cars. I'm sure he would be willing to converse with you about this topic if he was in fact the person who did the mod to set of trailing arms in the past. His contact info is listed in the vendor section.
Rich Johnson 1923 Prescott Road Allen, Texas 75002 (972) 398-9146 a914guy@aol.com |
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| davesprinkle |
Dec 8 2009, 05:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 720 Joined: 13-October 04 From: Berkeley, CA Member No.: 2,943 Region Association: None
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QUOTE(bcheney @ Dec 8 2009, 02:50 PM) Rich sells his six conversion engine mounts on ebay regulary and is lists other items in the vendor section of this site. A terrific guy who supports anyone with a passion for our cars. I'm sure he would be willing to converse with you about this topic if he was in fact the person who did the mod to set of trailing arms in the past. His contact info is listed in the vendor section. Rich Johnson 1923 Prescott Road Allen, Texas 75002 (972) 398-9146 a914guy@aol.com Thanks, bcheney, I did just that. Sent an email to Rich and got an immediate and very informative response. The short story is, yes, he had the bearing housing moved toward the trailing arm by 19mm. As you can imagine, this was an involved fab effort. He did this so that he could run 205s on 7" Fuchs under unmolested fenders. He thinks the results were successful, but says it was largely an aesthetic improvement, since 205s fit on 6" Fuchs without requiring the trailing arm mod. |
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| r_towle |
Dec 8 2009, 08:08 PM
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Custom Member Group: Members Posts: 24,560 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Taxachusetts Member No.: 124 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(SirAndy @ Dec 8 2009, 03:04 PM) I Timo's whole thread with the rear a-arms missing all the pics? If so, we need to get him to redo that....that was some amazing work. Rich |
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| bcheney |
Dec 8 2009, 08:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,341 Joined: 16-November 03 From: Orlando, FL Member No.: 1,348 Region Association: South East States |
Rich is great fun to talk 914's with...Glad I could help you get to him.
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