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Old Jan 5, 2024 | 02:58 PM
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I sent mine out December 22nd(friday) received it today,.. 2 weeks to the day. Awesome turn around time.. they were pleasant to talk to.. I needed to replace the trailing arm because of seperation in the metal (rust).
they didn't rivet my rotor, it was fairly new, bought it from rock auto so it didn't have the holes for the rivets..extremely pleased...

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Old Jan 5, 2024 | 07:10 PM
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Did they measure the runout on the rotor?

Do you know what they set the bearing play at?
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Old Jan 5, 2024 | 09:50 PM
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Originally Posted by 69L88
Did they measure the runout on the rotor?

Do you know what they set the bearing play at?
Excellent questions.

Note- I should mention, this has no bearing on Bairs work, these are questions to be asked to anyone selling rebuilt arms. If you don't know the spec's of what you paid for, how do you know what you got? I put them on every rotor on final assembly, never a question.

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Bearing end play would concern me the most. How much and what type of grease used would be of great interest. Rotor run out is fairly easy to deal with once the arm is mounted on the car.
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Old Jan 6, 2024 | 12:30 AM
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Originally Posted by jamal2347
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I sure hope you are a good friend of 4 Vettes and you are just joking around.
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Old Jan 6, 2024 | 12:42 AM
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Well, it's a bot account, so report it.
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Moderators please!!!!!!!
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Bairs keeps a paper record of measured bearing play on your trailing arm.
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Bairs sent all the specs along with my arms when they rebuilt them. They generally only go as far as " factory specs". It could be better. But, they preform good under 'normal' use. Send them to Gary if you need a better rebuild.
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I have purchased parts from Bairs on a few occasions, including new assembled half shafts. Great people. Super service. I would imagine the quality is very good for a street driven car.
I have had only very good experiences with this company.
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I wouldn’t worry, bair’s is class act
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