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Front Suspension and Brakes, Changing to Correct Later Suspension |
BENBRO02 |
Sep 7 2019, 09:58 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 483 Joined: 6-March 15 From: Nokesville, Virginia Member No.: 18,493 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Near as I can tell my 1975 had all early front suspension on it with late calipers. Washers were added in between the spindles and the calipers, and spacers were added between the rotors and wheels.
I had a shimmy at highway speed and want to correct the problem before heading to Okteenerfest. To correct the problem I bought the following from PMB: Late hard brakes lines Wheel bearings Late rotors Ball joint pins Late strut housings and spindles I already have late calipers so I plan on using them. I have 2 problems. I can't drive the pins into the ball joints (apparently I have early ball joints and didn't realize there was a difference). That's an easy fix but may not happen in time to make Okteenerfest. The second problem is that I can't fit the calipers. I was thinking that maybe I have some non 914 calipers so I bought some used late calipers from Bruce Stone (thanks Bruce). The calipers that Bruce sent are the same as what I had so I must have the correct calipers. The rotors are about an 1/8" off (to the outside) to work with the spindles and calipers. Is it possible I installed something incorrectly or are some of the parts still incorrect (in addition to the ball joints)? Attached thumbnail(s) |
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