Denis: 63 was first year for the "flared" fender wells on the rear.
62s and earlier had straight metal there and there is less clearance
between fender well and tire making it difficult to change the rear
wheel with a larger tire.
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*From:* Denis <coocoo@xxxxxxx>
*To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Sun, April 7, 2013 8:31:02 PM
*Subject:* [tcb] Re: BFGs vs. Grabbers
Murray has 185 60 15s. I don’t know if that adds anything to the
discussion.
*From:* Julie <mailto:julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Sunday, April 07, 2013 7:00 PM
*To:* tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [tcb] Re: BFGs vs. Grabbers
Yes Sonne is a '60. Um, I stole all of the running gear from my '66.
I know my tranny is a freeway flyer and I do still have my gear
reduction boxes. As for the size of nuts, being a girl I don't know
big from small.
On Apr 7, 2013, at 6:52 PM, sammie smith <bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Sonne is a 60 model, right? Early bus has no lip on the fender well
and much less space between fender and the brake drum than on the
64-67 busses. Anything bigger than stock is not easy to get in
there. It's possible to go slightly bigger than stock 6:40X15 but it
isn't easy to mount the wheel on the brake drum. Just not enough
clearance with the fender. And if you have a big nut tranny in it
the brake drums are a bit wider than the original small nut tranny
and that also uses up space. And I do hope you are going to run a
big nut tranny cause you are going to take forever to get to Shasta
if running the gear ratios in the small nut.
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*From:* Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>>
*To:* "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
*Sent:* Sun, April 7, 2013 6:30:35 PM
*Subject:* [tcb] Re: BFGs vs. Grabbers
Yes Sonne is the DC. But I know someone who is on this list that has
Grabbers on his Bus and he does not remember having trouble getting
them on and Shasta guys use them and they all have Splits.
On Apr 7, 2013, at 6:05 PM, sammie smith
<bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
Which bus is Sonne. If the DC, yep, you have trouble fitting tires
much larger than stock under the fender wells of a split bus.
Something you have to consider; unless of course you wish to cut out
the fender wells, in which case you will be banned permanently from
all things splitty.
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*From:* Julie <julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:julie.hey.ho.lets.go@xxxxxxxxx>>
*To:* "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>"
<tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
*Sent:* Sun, April 7, 2013 3:33:02 PM
*Subject:* [tcb] BFGs vs. Grabbers
I have been looking into buying the tires for Sonne. Some Shasta
guys say Grabbers and some say BFGs. I have Grabbers on Wieder
(zebra) and love them! The BFGs are smaller than the Grabbers but
have better load rating. BFGs D-8 ply and Grabbers C-6 ply. I love
how the Grabbers look and fear the BFGs won't look as tough.
Grabbers 27/8.50R14 (216/76R14) BFGs 195/74/R14 (195/75R14) BFGs are
1.41" smaller in diameter/.83" smaller in width/4.43" smaller in
circumference/.71" shorter in sidewall height. Currently my
Grabbers (borrowed from Wieder) are not fitting in on the rear of
Sonne. My metal guy blames the WW metal pieces being off, I am not
so sure of that. So maybe BFGs will fit without re-doing the metal
work. Grabbers are cheaper and I imagine will look tougher being
that they are larger and will give Sonne more clearance. I am
thinking of staying with Grabbers. What do you guys think?
