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Re: 32's on my 65 Scout 80



On Tue, 8 Dec 1998, Tom Harais wrote:

> You forgot the option of moving to spring over. Raising the springs helps
> with tire rub - at least on my Scout II it will. To see why, go look at
> your front end. the higher the spring away from the midpoint of the tire,
> the less likely to rub as the effective amount of tire that "turns in"
> towards the spring is reduced.

I *knew* I wanted a spring over... and now I *really know* I want a 
spring over.. heck, I'm thinking I'll re-do the '77 in a few years with 
the 4" Skyjacker springs in a spring-over.. I'd have lots of tire turning 
motion then. :-)

Good catch, Tom!



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