 Will Early '72 Rotors work on a Late '72 Car?, bad first post i know |
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| casey944 |
 Aug 27 2009, 01:28 PM
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Member  Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 10-August 09 From: nova Member No.: 10,654 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region  |
How is everyone... about to make my rusteration drivable and i am about to put the brakes on... Ordered all early stuff for my late car(accidentally)... Can i get the early rotors to work? Already pressed the bearings and everyhting.
Thanks. Casey |
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 27 2009, 01:35 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region  |
no
halfway through 72 they changed the rotors, struts, ball joints, calipers... everything. |
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| SLITS |
Aug 27 2009, 01:36 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
Look at the bottom of your strut ... if the ball joint is held in by a bolt that squeezes the split in the bottom of the strut ... they will work.
If all you see is a nut and no split ... they won't work. |
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| casey944 |
Aug 27 2009, 01:45 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 10-August 09 From: nova Member No.: 10,654 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(SLITS @ Aug 27 2009, 03:36 PM)  Look at the bottom of your strut ... if the ball joint is held in by a bolt that squeezes the split in the bottom of the strut ... they will work. If all you see is a nut and no split ... they won't work. gonna go check it out when i can here in a few and i will report back. |
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| casey944 |
Aug 27 2009, 02:16 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 10-August 09 From: nova Member No.: 10,654 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
There is a split at the bottom of the strut facing the inside of the car so i am assuming the parts i have will work?
Casey |
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 27 2009, 02:34 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
The factory changed the strut housing, ball joint, caliper and rotor at VIN 4722919032 what is your VIN?
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| casey944 |
Aug 27 2009, 02:46 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 10-August 09 From: nova Member No.: 10,654 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
QUOTE(tat2dphreak @ Aug 27 2009, 04:34 PM) The factory changed the strut housing, ball joint, caliper and rotor at VIN 4722919032 what is your VIN? I have a Late vin... that is why i am bringing this up. Compared my strut to a '73 strut that I also have and mine is clearly different. Going to put the parts next to each other is evening and compare. Casey |
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| tat2dphreak |
Aug 27 2009, 02:49 PM
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stoya, stoya, stoya Group: Benefactors Posts: 8,797 Joined: 6-June 03 From: Wylie, TX Member No.: 792 Region Association: Southwest Region |
you might be in luck then! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
you'll know when you put on the rotor, and then try to put on the caliper... a later caliper won't go on an early rotor. things won't line up. |
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| SLITS |
Aug 27 2009, 03:00 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
If he has the split in the strut, he has early struts.
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| casey944 |
Aug 27 2009, 05:06 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 10-August 09 From: nova Member No.: 10,654 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Well, had the split in the bottom and they were still the wrong ones.... so i now need to sell my brand new rotors with bearings (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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| raw1298 |
Aug 27 2009, 06:41 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 616 Joined: 9-March 09 From: Rocklin,Ca. Member No.: 10,148 Region Association: Northern California |
What do your rotors look like?I will post a picture of what I have, if they are different maybe we can swap? If they look like the new one they are early style and if like the ones on the car they are the late style. I got the wrong ones also.
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| SLITS |
Aug 27 2009, 10:15 PM
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"This Utah shit is HARSH!" Group: Benefactors Posts: 13,602 Joined: 22-February 04 From: SoCal Mountains ... Member No.: 1,696 Region Association: None |
The new one is called "non hub centric".
The old one is "hub centric". The lip was to be able to hang the wheel without doing a balancing act. Not sure what's really going on here as the struts with the split and a bolt w/nut through the hole are early struts. The late strut uses a double taper pin that is secured in place by a nut. It is somewhat triangular in shape and the strut has no split at the bottom. |
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| casey944 |
Aug 28 2009, 08:46 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 10-August 09 From: nova Member No.: 10,654 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
i will gather them up shortly and take pictures... Put all the stuff on from a 73 2.0 and it bolted up fine... I will get pictures off to you later.
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