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UTE/VAN REAR WHEEL ARCHES

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Guest		#1 Posted : Friday, 16 September 2005 10:07:26 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		Just like to know what holdens reasoning for making one rear wheel arch bigger than the other on HQ to HZ vans and utes.

HK1837		#2 Posted : Friday, 16 September 2005 10:34:36 PM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 1/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 14,738 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 515 time(s) in 491 post(s)		It's the same with VG-VSIII utes. Reason - possibly an ex Ford Engineer??
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Guest		#3 Posted : Friday, 16 September 2005 11:11:38 PM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		I can understand the VG-VS3, as the panhard rod forces the axle across under heavy loads, but this wouldn't occur in a HQ-WB with leaves.....

HK1837		#4 Posted : Saturday, 17 September 2005 12:48:25 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 1/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 14,738 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 515 time(s) in 491 post(s)		I meant longer on one side. I discovered this when cutting conveyor belt for the rear of my brand new VSIII on the day after I bought it home (Xmas day 2000). One wheel arch (passenger's side I think) is heaps longer. I must say that I don't recall the sa
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Guest		#5 Posted : Saturday, 17 September 2005 1:13:02 AM(UTC)
Rank: Guest Groups: Guests Joined: 2/09/2015(UTC) Posts: 43,977 Was thanked: 5 time(s) in 5 post(s)		I could understand the RH one being longer if the VG-VS ute shared the wagon pressings - in the wagon the fuel filler nozzle runs down the rear of the RH wheelarch, and the inner arch is a lot longer, but it puzzles me that the LH one is longer! Is it

HK1837		#6 Posted : Saturday, 17 September 2005 3:54:10 AM(UTC)
Rank: Veteran Reputation: Groups: Moderator, Registered, Veteran Joined: 1/03/2005(UTC) Posts: 14,738 Thanks: 1 times Was thanked: 515 time(s) in 491 post(s)		It may have been the RH side, but one was longer.
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