jays69bird
Well-Known Member
Well I have made two 31/2 hour round trips plus the gas and I still don't have a good spindle.The first spindle i got when I broke the hub down was more chewed up than one on the car.We took apart the second one at the yard when I went up there,it was pitted but the bearings locked up when I put em on.I noticed the backing plate was the same with the exception of the slot for the wheel cylinder was square,where mine was oval.The spindle appeared to be the same,however when I mounted it on the car the upper ball joint I couldn't get the cotter pin in the hole as tight as I could get it,the spindle is about an 1/8 inch thicker there,I measured the part where the lower ball joint mounts,it is slightly thicker,even though the spindle part itself is the same these variations are enough to throw the front end geometry off,the fact that the upper joint you can't get in a pin easy is dangerous I think this might be a C body spindle.I'm not making a trip back to the salvage yard,I'll eat the 40 bucks,but the car still needs a spindle.I'll post in the wanted section,but if any one has a 69 left front 11" spindle laying around I'll be interested in it. I have had a ton of personal issues with my daughter out of state at the moment and I'm getting frustrated with this whole problem.
