![]() The Gil's garage article suggests among other things adding an aftermarket sway bar at the rear, I want to do both the front and rear anyway at some point, so that might help the leaning some more. To test, I put some white electrical tape on the inside of the rod and drove around - no scuff marks on the tape yet, so I guess it's not rubbing so far. And then, I actually ground flat a section of the release lever on the inside to about half its 1/4" diameter to get another 1/8" clearance where the tire is fattest - the rod is way overbuilt for what it needs to do in that area, so there is no danger of it breaking even when thinned out. I bent the inside flanges up to make more clearance, and I also did a little bending on the release levers to make them fit as close to the skirt as possible (hard to do actually). ![]() And the skirts weren't in that great a shape to begin with either. My excuse is that this car has been modified so much nobody is ever going to concours it anyway, so it doesn't matter to me. My fixes - well, they're not for anyone who wants to concours the car - I've pretty much trashed the insides of the skirts. Problem is once you start driving, the car leans, the springs and the tires flex and that clearance gets much less - maybe down to zero in the case of a moderate corner. That's about 19mm/3/4" max - quite a bit more than you seem to have. Those fixes will require some work.įortunately my side-to-side spacings are more or less equal, when parked on a level spot, I can insert my forefinger up to the knuckle between the tires and the skirt. It looks like you have unequal clearance on either side, that may be due to the body/rear axle not being in perfect alignment. Make sure you are running adequate pressure in the tires, I run 36 psi/2.4 bar. The skirts were just never designed for this type of tire. And yes, it is the release handle that rubs on mine too. Those are much fatter than the originals and radials also flex more on the sidewalls. 1961-1963 Ford Thunderbird Fender-Mounted Antenna Base Pad. ![]() The drivers side clearance is about 3/8" or more and the passenger side is 1/8" or less! I removed the skirts and noise is gone, although getting the passenger side skirt off was almost impossible since you have to actually push the release handle into the tire with the help of a tool in order to get it off.Īny ideas why this would happen and how do I fix it?Ĭause #1 - I don't know what tires you have on the car, but likely you replaced the original bias belted 7.50-14's with radials - probably 205/75-14's (what I put on my car). 1961-1963 Ford Thunderbird Fender Mounted Radio Antenna Assembly with Rectangular Base. I also realized that it was starting to show a circular rub mark on the whitewall. Upon closer inspection I found that there was little to no clearance between the release handle for the skirts and the tires. Every time I would make a right turn I would hear a pretty loud rubbing noise coming from the right.
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