Re: Pacer Suspension:

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

Just got back past night from a trip (in the 70 Hornet) LA to Santa  
Fe, plowing through email...

Here what little info I have on spindles: if you get more numbers I'd  
love to add them.

http://www.wps.com/AMC/spindles.html


On Dec 29, 2005, at 10:00 AM, farna@xxxxxxx wrote:

> Andrew, could you scan and send me the page with the flange  
> thicknesses, or make up a chart of years and thickness, disc or  
> drum brakes? Sounds like I got it backwards, but I got the info  
> from someone else who mentioned that the DISC spindle had the  
> thicker flange for the caliper offset. Doesn't sound right, as the  
> caliper adapter is 3/8" thick itself. Disc spindle flange would  
> seemingly need to be thinner to keep tread from increasing to much.
>
> On December 29, 2005 andrew hay wrote:
>
> > napa says #12/#13 for mustangs including II, pinto, and most other
> > falcon-derived fords.  sounds like these use the same race - inner or
> > outer - as the amc's #2/#6, if they fit.
> >
> > " I have a set of 1963 drums that I'm removing the hubs from. Note  
> > that
> > " drum hubs will fit on disc spindles and rotors on drum spindles,  
> > but the
> >
> > true of all but the big bendix spindles, which use different  
> > bearings,
> > afaik.
> >
> > " mounting surface (where the four holes to bolt the spindle on  
> > are) is a
> > " bit thicker on disc spindles to space the rotor out for the  
> > caliper. I
> > " have verified fit of a 1980 concord rotor on a 63 drum spindle,  
> > and vice
> > " versa.
> >
> > the mitchell master interchange listed several flange thicknesses
> > starting in the early '70s, with the drum spindle generally the
> > thicker to match the caliper adapter behind disk spindles.
> > _____________________________________________________________________ 
> > ___
> > Andrew Hay
>
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