Rolling Fenders With Rolling Tool & Sure Grip
There is absolutely something wrong.
With both wheels in the air and the car in neutral, even with the tires off, the hubs should spin easily. All you should be working against is bearing resistance and gear friction. You should be able to grab a lug with a couple of fingers and spin the axle. On my car it won't keep spinning by itself for multiple turns like the front, but it shouldn't require any serious muscle just to rotate it.
I have the Eastwood one. I think the one Summit sells is identical but red instead of blue.
The arm of the roller can be made pretty long, I did the front fenders quite awhile ago but I don't recall having to do much with the suspension to make it happen. Even if I'm forgetting something, all you'd have to do is loosen the torsion bar adjusters and set the LCA on a stand.
In the back rolling the quarter lip is quite a bit harder. Even with the outer wheelhouse removed I had to start the bend on the lip with a hammer and dolly, once I had it started I was able to roll it back. I use a piece of 3/16" rod in the rolled section, so the lip doesn't roll flat on itself.
As far as distorting the quarters, good luck. I did this as part of my "reverse tub" on my Duster, and even with most of the outer wheelhouse removed and cranking on the wheel roller as absolutely hard as I would dare I was only able to push the quarter about 3/8". In the front you can push the fenders quite a bit with the rolling tool.
The work I did on the rear quarters is all here... My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head
There is absolutely something wrong.
With both wheels in the air and the car in neutral, even with the tires off, the hubs should spin easily. All you should be working against is bearing resistance and gear friction. You should be able to grab a lug with a couple of fingers and spin the axle. On my car it won't keep spinning by itself for multiple turns like the front, but it shouldn't require any serious muscle just to rotate it.
I have the Eastwood one. I think the one Summit sells is identical but red instead of blue.
The arm of the roller can be made pretty long, I did the front fenders quite awhile ago but I don't recall having to do much with the suspension to make it happen. Even if I'm forgetting something, all you'd have to do is loosen the torsion bar adjusters and set the LCA on a stand.
In the back rolling the quarter lip is quite a bit harder. Even with the outer wheelhouse removed I had to start the bend on the lip with a hammer and dolly, once I had it started I was able to roll it back. I use a piece of 3/16" rod in the rolled section, so the lip doesn't roll flat on itself.
As far as distorting the quarters, good luck. I did this as part of my "reverse tub" on my Duster, and even with most of the outer wheelhouse removed and cranking on the wheel roller as absolutely hard as I would dare I was only able to push the quarter about 3/8". In the front you can push the fenders quite a bit with the rolling tool.
The work I did on the rear quarters is all here... My "new" '74 Duster- or why I need a project like a hole in the head
