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| 84-87 rear spindle - why not swap out for a newer GM FWD spindle w/ large brakes? (Page 6/6) |
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qwikgta
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MAY 30, 11:14 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by fieroguru:
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Fog:
1993-1995 Pontiac trans sport/Chevrolet lumina APV/Oldsmobile shilouette with 3800 engines used wheel bearings that had the same 33-spline receiver. Now, Using only the bearings inside a Fiero spindle would require milling, but instead, I used the whole spindle.
That had another problem. The Fiero ball joint was too small, so I measured the whole lower control arms, and they Fitted.
So all I wanted was 33 spline wheel bearings, but to have that without milling, I changed out lower control arm, outer tie rod end and spindle.
Bonus is, that I gained big vented rotors with 52mm calipers for brakes also. Also, minivan bolt circle is 5x115 witch is close enough to use Ford wheels(5x4.5" = 5x114.7). |
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OK, so this is probably a known thing with the early year cars. Since I haven't owned one in 25+ years, I was not following this. I'll be looking into getting the lower CA, spindle, rotor and caliper from a dustbuster w/ 3800. Great info.
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RCR
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JUN 01, 09:08 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by qwikgta:
OK, so this is probably a known thing with the early year cars. Since I haven't owned one in 25+ years, I was not following this. I'll be looking into getting the lower CA, spindle, rotor and caliper from a dustbuster w/ 3800. Great info. |
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It's been quite a while since I looked, but I recall that the vans were even heavier than the 6000 uprights. They were massive in comparison to the Fiero pieces. I ended up finding a Celebrity wagon at the time. (same as 6000). I would call those intermediate duty, with the Fiero being light and the the vans being heavy duty.
Bob
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mender
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JUN 03, 10:35 AM
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ericjon262
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JUN 03, 11:58 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by Will:
The later model TransSport knuckles use the same brakes as the front of an LT1 3rd Gen F-Body. |
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the LT1 wasn't offered in the 3rd gen, only the 4th gen from 1993-1997.------------------
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http://www.fiero.nl/forum/Forum2/HTML/119122.html
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Will
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JUN 04, 09:39 AM
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| quote | Originally posted by ericjon262:
the LT1 wasn't offered in the 3rd gen, only the 4th gen from 1993-1997.
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D-oh. Fixed.
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