Re: Sure Grip Test Proceedure ???

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To test for Sure-Grip, have both rear tires off the ground, spin one 
wheel...if the other spins the same way, its a Sure-Grip...if it spins 
opposite way, its and open, or a malfunctioning Sure-Grip.


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hammond" <426_maxwedge@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 10:01 PM
Subject: Sure Grip Test Proceedure ???


> Some time ago I remeber reading a method to determine if a 8-3/4" was a 
> SureGrip or not.  The car had to be on stands and it required two people 
> to do it....One held a wheel and the other turned one backwards or 
> something like that.  If anybody can outline this proceedure correctly and 
> in detail I would much appreciate the info.  I don't know if it has any 
> bearing in the results, but the rear under my '64 wagon in question, is 
> supposed to be from a '70 B-Body.  I'm really confused on this at the 
> moment: on asphalt, the dark mark left from the passenger side would 
> indicte an open rear....on concrete, it leaves a very uniform and 
> consistant amount of mark in a Pair of tracks.  During the the wheel 
> alignment, the tech said he felt a vibration in the rear, sort of a 
> chattering resistance through part of a single wheel rotation.  He thinks 
> this indicates a bad carrier bearing.  The leveling beams for the 
> alignment rack were on both rear wheels when this vibration was felt. 
> Could this have been a SG unit just indexing normally? I installed the 
> rear to replace the original '64 piece. We checked the center section of 
> the supposed '70 3.23 to find it was a 2.74, (or something close to that). 
> We then installed another 3.23 and threw it under the wagon.  That was 
> soooo many years ago I don't remeber the details on the chunk we did 
> install.  I really hope somebody here can shed some light on this because 
> I don't know whether to be delighted that I have a SureGrip or really 
> worried that the rear is about shot......help!
>
> thanks in advance to any and all who reply,
> John Hammond
>
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