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Phantom - 21 Jul 2004 19:48 GMT

I'm trying to do a Disc brake conversion on my 67' Malibu. I was told
70' Camaro steering knuckle asm and caliper/rotor will be an easy
swap. So about 2 yr ago I bought a supposed 70' Camaro subframe and
put the knuckles in storage. I just started to do the swap and these
parts are NO WHERE close to my old ones. The distance from ball joint
axis to tierod end is over 1/2" longer but worst of all the distance
between the ball joints is over 1 3/4" taller.
The steering knuckle casting is 329354 and the single piston caliper
is 5474339. Can anyone ID these parts. Are the casting numbers also
the part numbers?
Has anyone done a disc brake swap like this?

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Refinish King - 22 Jul 2004 02:58 GMT

You'll need Chevelle:

Olds Cutlass, Pontiac GTO, Lemans, Tempest or Buick Parts, of that body size
to do it.

Camaro parts will not work!

Refinish King

PS
Go to alt.autos.Camaro.firebird and ping for Charles Bendig. He'll be able
to help you with the part numbers and locate the parts, maybe even sell your
old parts. Another person in that group who's amazingly knowledgeable like
Charles is Bigfig. Ping both!

> I'm trying to do a Disc brake conversion on my 67' Malibu. I was told
> 70' Camaro steering knuckle asm and caliper/rotor will be an easy
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> the part numbers?
> Has anyone done a disc brake swap like this?

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Brian - 22 Jul 2004 03:48 GMT

I actually have 4 of the necessary spindles on my shelf if you're interested

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> You'll need Chevelle:
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> > the part numbers?
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Phantom - 23 Jul 2004 02:36 GMT

Brian, where are you located and how much for the parts? I'm not sure
if I want this swap any more but before I just put it back together
I'll do some asking and figureing. Can you shed any light on the
casting numbers I posted? I've included some images hopeing to get
these parts ID'd. Sorry about the quality, I'm a 35mm buff and this is
from a 1MP freebie camera.

>I actually have 4 of the necessary spindles on my shelf if you're interested

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Phantom - 23 Jul 2004 02:40 GMT

>I actually have 4 of the necessary spindles on my shelf if you're interested

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Brian - 24 Jul 2004 00:41 GMT

in Skokie, IL (just outside Chicago)
Make an offer on them, we've had them for quite a while.
Brian

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> Brian, where are you located and how much for the parts? I'm not sure
> if I want this swap any more but before I just put it back together
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> >I actually have 4 of the necessary spindles on my shelf if you're interested

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Phantom - 22 Jul 2004 03:54 GMT

Thanks for the fast response. I posted a similar question over there
too. I did alot of research back before I bought those parts and now I
can't find it all. Oh well, I'll start over because these parts are
not going to fit that's for sure now.
Guess I'll put those Camaro parts up for sale soon as I get this
straightened out.

>You'll need Chevelle:
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>> the part numbers?
>> Has anyone done a disc brake swap like this?

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