Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension
Just food for thoughtThey reproduce control arms now. By time you buy new bushings and balljoints, then pay to have them pressed out and new ones back in, its about the same cost as new control arms. However, if you're using your old onesmake sure on the lower control arm by the ball joint there is no cracks. I also recommend MOOG parts. -Original Message- From: Bill Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chevelle-list: chevelles.net chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:12 am Subject: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Chevelle Gurus I'm headed to the local parts store to buy ball joints and control arm bushings for my 67 Malibu. any words of wisdom before I dive in? I haven't touched the front end since swapping from drum brakes to disk a couple years ago, and since its time for new tires (no, I never had it aligned after the swap, I know, DUMB) any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Bill Bradley 67 Chevelle Malibu http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/chevellerestoration/ 71 Triumph Spitfire 82 Chevy C-10 Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com
Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension
Sound advice. I have owned dozens of 67¹s and rebuilt the front end on every one I kept as a driver. Most rebuilds have been 100% successful, but the failures have always been with the a-arms, and mostly lowers. Now I agree that buying new ones is the best way to go or you are rebuilding the part that takes the most stress and it is already a 40 year old piece. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list@chevelles.net Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:20:42 -0400 To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Just food for thoughtThey reproduce control arms now. By time you buy new bushings and balljoints, then pay to have them pressed out and new ones back in, its about the same cost as new control arms. However, if you're using your old onesmake sure on the lower control arm by the ball joint there is no cracks. I also recommend MOOG parts. -Original Message- From: Bill Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chevelle-list: chevelles.net chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:12 am Subject: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Chevelle Gurus I'm headed to the local parts store to buy ball joints and control arm bushings for my 67 Malibu. any words of wisdom before I dive in? I haven't touched the front end since swapping from drum brakes to disk a couple years ago, and since its time for new tires (no, I never had it aligned after the swap, I know, DUMB) any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Bill Bradley 67 Chevelle Malibu http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/chevellerestoration/ 71 Triumph Spitfire 82 Chevy C-10 Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=A OLAOF0002000970 !
Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension
Bill, I reworked mone a long time ago but here is my thoughts. Many parts houses have a machine shop in back. I had the parts cleaned up and they R/R the bushings. I just did not have the press. And, yes. buy Moog. Let us know how it goes. mike - Original Message From: Ed Riggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:04:23 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Sound advice. I have owned dozens of ‘67’s and rebuilt the front end on every one I kept as a driver. Most rebuilds have been 100% successful, but the failures have always been with the a-arms, and mostly lowers. Now I agree that buying new ones is the best way to go or you are rebuilding the part that takes the most stress and it is already a 40 year old piece. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list@chevelles.net Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:20:42 -0400 To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Just food for thoughtThey reproduce control arms now. By time you buy new bushings and balljoints, then pay to have them pressed out and new ones back in, its about the same cost as new control arms. However, if you're using your old onesmake sure on the lower control arm by the ball joint there is no cracks. I also recommend MOOG parts. -Original Message- From: Bill Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chevelle-list: chevelles.net chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:12 am Subject: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Chevelle Gurus I'm headed to the local parts store to buy ball joints and control arm bushings for my 67 Malibu. any words of wisdom before I dive in? I haven't touched the front end since swapping from drum brakes to disk a couple years ago, and since its time for new tires (no, I never had it aligned after the swap, I know, DUMB) any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Bill Bradley 67 Chevelle Malibu http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/chevellerestoration/ 71 Triumph Spitfire 82 Chevy C-10 Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF0002000970 ! Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights and hotels with Yahoo! FareChase. http://farechase.yahoo.com/
Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension
I rebuild my 71 a few months ago. I bought a full rebuild kit from Ausleys. http://www.chevelle.com/catalog/ I blasted the arms and repainted them. I don't have a press so I had a local shop do them. He didn't like how two of the ball joints were fitting into the control arms. So I went and bought some Moogs at his request. He like them better. I never saw the problem he was having. He could have just been crazy (he was a little strange). But everything worked out fine except I've got two new ball joints laying around (made by Chassis 500 if someone needs them). After it was all done I sometimes with I would have got aftermarket arms, but everything is doing fine. PS~This is off topic. But I'm looking for a cheaper 700R4 vortec heads for SBC 350 vortec intake for SBC 350 vortec valve covers. (I'm rebuilding this winter) I'm in Peoria Illinois. E-mail me off the list if you guys have anything. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Randy S. Johnson mike f [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/24/2007 01:47 PM Please respond to The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list@chevelles.net To The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list@chevelles.net cc Subject Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Caterpillar: Confidential Green Retain Until: 10/24/2007Retention Category: G90 - General Matters/Administration Bill, I reworked mone a long time ago but here is my thoughts. Many parts houses have a machine shop in back. I had the parts cleaned up and they R/R the bushings. I just did not have the press. And, yes. buy Moog. Let us know how it goes. mike - Original Message From: Ed Riggins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:04:23 PM Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Sound advice. I have owned dozens of ?67?s and rebuilt the front end on every one I kept as a driver. Most rebuilds have been 100% successful, but the failures have always been with the a-arms, and mostly lowers. Now I agree that buying new ones is the best way to go or you are rebuilding the part that takes the most stress and it is already a 40 year old piece. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Chevelle Mailing List chevelle-list@chevelles.net Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:20:42 -0400 To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Just food for thoughtThey reproduce control arms now. By time you buy new bushings and balljoints, then pay to have them pressed out and new ones back in, its about the same cost as new control arms. However, if you're using your old onesmake sure on the lower control arm by the ball joint there is no cracks. I also recommend MOOG parts. -Original Message- From: Bill Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: chevelle-list: chevelles.net chevelle-list@chevelles.net Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:12 am Subject: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Chevelle Gurus I'm headed to the local parts store to buy ball joints and control arm bushings for my 67 Malibu. any words of wisdom before I dive in? I haven't touched the front end since swapping from drum brakes to disk a couple years ago, and since its time for new tires (no, I never had it aligned after the swap, I know, DUMB) any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Bill Bradley 67 Chevelle Malibu http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/chevellerestoration/ 71 Triumph Spitfire 82 Chevy C-10 Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail http://o.aolcdn.com/cdn.webmail.aol.com/mailtour/aol/en-us/index.htm?ncid=AOLAOF0002000970 ! Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.
Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension
What disk brake swap did you do? If you swapped to stock disks, then follow the parts book advice. But if you swapped to F-Body spindles, I think you need F-Body ball joints! Check your old paperwork from when you did the swap and make sure you have the right ball joints (and other parts) for your setup. While you are doing all this, check you're A-Arms for cracks. When I did the disk braks swap more than 10 year back, I bought a set of arms at the swap meet and had them reinforced (basically boxed - http://epage.com/brad/Chevelle/arm/) and had all the hardware mounted to them. Then it was just swap out the old and insert the new. Brad Waller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) '66 Corvette | 327/dead | 4-speed | Wilwood Brakes | 245/45/16 BFG R1 '67 Chevelle | ex-SS396 | 355/700R4 | F-Body Brakes | 275/40/17 Kumho MX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Bradley Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 10:12 AM To: chevelle-list: chevelles.net Subject: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension Chevelle Gurus I'm headed to the local parts store to buy ball joints and control arm bushings for my 67 Malibu. any words of wisdom before I dive in? I haven't touched the front end since swapping from drum brakes to disk a couple years ago, and since its time for new tires (no, I never had it aligned after the swap, I know, DUMB) any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Bill Bradley 67 Chevelle Malibu http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/chevellerestoration/ 71 Triumph Spitfire 82 Chevy C-10
Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension
I know on the 66 model you have different sizes of lower control arm bushings due to the difference of an SS and a Malibu, other than that everything should be alright, just make sure not to cheap out and buy good stuff. Josh Campbell 66SS396 Bill Bradley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chevelle Gurus I'm headed to the local parts store to buy ball joints and control arm bushings for my 67 Malibu. any words of wisdom before I dive in? I haven't touched the front end since swapping from drum brakes to disk a couple years ago, and since its time for new tires (no, I never had it aligned after the swap, I know, DUMB) any help would be greatly appreciated! -- Bill Bradley 67 Chevelle Malibu http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/chevellerestoration/ 71 Triumph Spitfire 82 Chevy C-10 - Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV.
Re: [Chevelle-list] 67 Chevelle front suspension
He didn't like how two of the ball joints were fitting into the control arms. So I went and bought some Moogs at his request. He like them better. I never saw the problem he was having. When I was driving my 66 every day in high school I had to put on new ball joints long story short a broke and not very inteligent high school kid bought some cheap parts at one of the junk stores (you know the same ones that sell toy cars and clothes and everything else BUT auto parts I used to work for said establishment, I don't shop there ever unless I need wax or something) We put them on and they didn't fit quite right, but they were in there so I went out that night. I was cruising the scene and went to make a right turn and BAM the passenger front wheel came apart and there I was in the middle of the street with my car on the ground with a ball joint that failed, I got it warrantied installed it in the parking lot and BAM!!! that one failed I went back furious that twice I could have got killed got my money back and went to the mom and pop speed shop I should have went to in the first place, paid a lot more for Moog (funny how everyone recomended them) than the $13 ball joint but I learned to never trust cheap junk!!! Josh Campbell 66SS396 - Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more!
