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I PURCHASED A KIT FOR STATIC SUPPRESSION WHICH INSTALLED ON THE FRONT WHEELS INSIDE THE DUST COLLECTOR. ALTHO. NOT READILY SEEN, MIKE ERNST WROTE AN ARTICLE ABOUT RADION SUPPRESSION AND NOTED THAT BEYOND THE CAPACITORS LOCATED THRU-OUT THE ENGINE AND THE ONE UNDER THE GAUGES MANY FOLKS DO NOT KNOW ABOUT THE ONES UNDER THE FRONT DUST COVERS THAT ATTACH TO THE FRONT SPINDLES. I NOW HAVE A KIT WHICH INCLUDES THE STATIC SUPPRESSOR AND IT ALSO INCLUDED A SPACER/WASHER AND A SERRATED HEAVY NUT. CAN ANYONE GIVE SPECIFIC INSTALLATION INST. CONCERNING PROPER METHOD TO INSTALL SAME. I HAVE THE WILL BUT LITTLE SKILL. I LOVE TO WORK ON MY CAR AND NEED HELP DOING THIS TASK. I KNOW THE TRUTH IS OUT THERE. THANKS.
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Re: STATIC COLLECTORS FOR '62/FRONT WHEEL APPLICAT
There is a picture of this setup in the ass manual I think. At leas tI ahve see one somewhere. The spiral metal thing jsut fits inside the grease hub cap as I remember, I have mine but it is in several pieces from age. -
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There is a left and a right - dont reverse them. Install the collectors in a dent free dust cover. Make sure there are no burrs on the mating spindle surface. Make sure the cotter key that holds the serrated nut is clipped and bent back (see Chevy Service manual) so that the key does not trash the collector.Comment
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Why do you post in CAPITAL letters? Says you're shouting at us (conventional 'netiquitte'.....
ATTABOY for going the extra mile for the static collectors. Hope you didn't pay more than $0.25 for the pair because that's what you could have got 'em for at a classic scrap yard had you read a few more lines from Rev Earnst's plurality of FINE Restorer articles (holds true up to/through mid-year cars)....
Also, service manuals from the era will tell you, basically, 'if the static collectors are insufficient, pour anti-static dust into the tires themselves'. Point is rotation of rubber against pavement built static charge. Eventually the static discharged (somewhere, sometime) -- the 'natural' discharge path was into the wheel bearing, axle, frame. This created sproadic 'popping' noise as it momentarily pushed the frame/battery neg post above ground causing the radio to 'hiccup' from power supply conducted radiation....
Static collectors were used on all radio equipped GM cars of the era. Later, designers would improve the radio's internal power supply integrity (less susceptiblity to conducted radiation interfence) and rubber technology would improve dramatically to address the root cause of the problem.
Since static collectors are hand pressed into the axle hub caps, they are NOT checked in factory concours events (would require physical disassembly of the wheel cover/wheel/axle). But, there's little/no chance you actually need 'em given today's repro tire rubber formulation.
On the other hand, I LOVE hearing stories of restorers going to pains to sweat the details! Static collectors were a brass spiral that made contact (through a center bearing) to the axle stub (front wheels only). outer base of sprial had jagged edges to grip the inside of the wheel bearing cups. Typically, when novice mechanics went to re-pack the front wheel bearings, grease had 'spun' itself into the cap. Mechanic reached in to clean and was surprised to find a 'useless' part preventing him from completing the cleaning chore. At this point most static collectors went 'bye bye'.
At the scrap yards you'll pull umpteen front wheel bearing caps to find one original static collector that was 'overlooked' by the discarding mechanic or faithfully preserved by the diligent mechanic. Later, (Corvair era) the static collector's central bearing would grow a center hole. Some GM cars actually stuffed a cylindrical carbon rod into the front axle that fed the center of the static collector to enhance electrical conduction)
Bottom line, flip your AIM (assembly instruction manual) to the radio option section. There you'll see the static collector's going onto the car (not needed without a radio!) and how to put 'em in/make 'em work. Good luck!Comment
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SORRY ABOUT CAPS. IT'S EASIER FOR ME TO TYPE AND READ. MY EYE SIGHT IS NOT GREAT. THANK YOU FOR ALL THE BACKGOUND INFO. AND HISTORY. THIS IS WHY I LOVE THE NCRS AND ITS MEMBERS, I HAVE THE AIM MANUAL AND WILL REVIEW FOR INSTALLATION. THANKS AGAIN, DAVIDComment
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