'66 Malibu N/SA

Dave Muller · 07-05-2015, 06:09 PM

I thought about leaving the self-adjuster off, but the way everything ties together it wan't clear to me that doing so wouldn't cause a problem.

It makes sense to not have it, but I've never had an issue either.

Dwight Southerland · 07-05-2015, 06:25 PM

You need a washer and a longer spring. Somebody sold a kit back in the time before time.

Mark Yacavone · 07-05-2015, 07:15 PM

You just chop the wire thing off where the spring hooks to it and use the same spring.
Toss the adjuster ,and run the bottom spring from shoe to shoe, across the star wheel.
Like the price of doing it that way.

Dave Muller · 07-05-2015, 07:42 PM

Ah, I understand. Probably one of these days I'll do that. But there's a ton of stuff above it on my to-do list.

07-05-2015, 06:09 PM	#1
Dave Muller Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 497 Likes: 162 Liked 223 Times in 73 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA I thought about leaving the self-adjuster off, but the way everything ties together it wan't clear to me that doing so wouldn't cause a problem. It makes sense to not have it, but I've never had an issue either.

07-05-2015, 06:25 PM	#2
Dwight Southerland VIP Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Arkansas - In the middle of everything. Posts: 2,002 Likes: 64 Liked 783 Times in 195 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA You need a washer and a longer spring. Somebody sold a kit back in the time before time. __________________

07-05-2015, 07:15 PM	#3
Mark Yacavone Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Miles From Nowhere Posts: 7,838 Likes: 2,931 Liked 5,148 Times in 1,965 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA You just chop the wire thing off where the spring hooks to it and use the same spring. Toss the adjuster ,and run the bottom spring from shoe to shoe, across the star wheel. Like the price of doing it that way. __________________ "We are lucky we don't get as much Government as we pay for." Will Rogers

07-05-2015, 07:42 PM	#4
Dave Muller Member Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 497 Likes: 162 Liked 223 Times in 73 Posts	Re: '66 Malibu N/SA Ah, I understand. Probably one of these days I'll do that. But there's a ton of stuff above it on my to-do list.