Thread: Help Identifying Spindles

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Thanks guys, this is Stu Cool's alter ego. For some reason he is not allowed to post any more. I have sent an email to Brent.

Roger what you found is exactly correct. I was able to get in touch with the original builder of my car. He got those spindles from Fatman 12 or 13 years ago, apparently before they had proper dropped spindles for Novas and Camaros. So they took dropped spindles for S-10 trucks and G series GM cars, which are metric, and reamed the ball joint and tie rod holes to the proper size, then swapped side for side to use them. Clearly they had not figured out the tie rod and A arm relationship.

So what I have now are a couple door stops or maybe wheel chocks. They will no longer fit the original vehicles because of the reaming, and they don't work properly on a Nova or Camaro, unless you are satisfied with limited driving. At least I do have good pairs of rotors and calipers that I may be able to sell to someone who needs them.

Here are a couple pictures of the new spindles and brake set up.





Compared to the old one.





Thanks again, your quick and knowledgeable responses have reminded me why I like this site so much. I need to be here more often.

Pat Dilling