Trailing Arm Assemblies-Seeking
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Trailing Arm Assemblies-Seeking
Looking for suggestions for reputable sources to either have my trailing arm assemblies rebuilt or swap for rebuilt ones.
Going on an 81 vette
I looked at Duntov, but looking to see if there are any others that you guys have used or can suggest.
Thanks
Going on an 81 vette
I looked at Duntov, but looking to see if there are any others that you guys have used or can suggest.
Thanks
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '09
I've gone the swap route. Just received from VanSteel . . . they look brand new. Can't wait to get the old ones off and new ones on. Once I get the old ones off, I put in the boxes the new one cames in and ship back.
They have all new bearings/races, e-brake pads, bushings, rotor, rotor guard . . . everything . . . ready to bolt on. I got during their Black Friday sale and paid under $300 each. I thought it was a pretty good deal once I started adding up everything and my time to figure out how to properly replace/setup.
They have all new bearings/races, e-brake pads, bushings, rotor, rotor guard . . . everything . . . ready to bolt on. I got during their Black Friday sale and paid under $300 each. I thought it was a pretty good deal once I started adding up everything and my time to figure out how to properly replace/setup.
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Go with the offset ones from Van Steel, they are bullet proof. Unless you are just wanting stock TAs, I'd go the upgrade route from Van. I got mine fully assembled w/new disks. Just bolted them on & its ready for alignment. No fuss, no muss.
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Van Steel
Maybe their's isn't a household name but they have a great reputation. Van Steel has a long history with scores of satisfied customers. You won't go wrong w/ VS for quality steering-suspension!
On the other hand (& No offense to DE3):
If I could afford to buy/rent a name to run a business "in name only" ... say like Dale Earnhart's or ... "similar" ... I could market millions$ of anything ... regardless if my service&product was up to snuff/overpriced.
On the other hand (& No offense to DE3):
If I could afford to buy/rent a name to run a business "in name only" ... say like Dale Earnhart's or ... "similar" ... I could market millions$ of anything ... regardless if my service&product was up to snuff/overpriced.
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Here are a couple of pics of the rebuilt TAs that I bought from Van Steel. The cores I sent back looked like they came off the Titanic but I still received almost all of the core credit (IIRC one spindle was worn out of spec). I also bought a front end rebuild kit from Van Steel. Good folks to deal with. Had a few email exchanges with Edward at Duntov also and he seems like a good person.
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Thanks for all the great advice. I just got off the phone with danny from vanSteel and bought the trailing arm setups for my 81. great folks to deal with. Also had great advice from Duntov, but van Steel gave me a great deal and let me mix and match my components.
I'll post pictures of the before, the FUN i had removing the old and the new once they are installed.
Thanks
I'll post pictures of the before, the FUN i had removing the old and the new once they are installed.
Thanks
Melting Slicks
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St. Jude Donor '09
Give them a call . . . they seem like they can do it anyway that works for you.
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I beleive they do either way. You can send yours in and have rebuilt or you can do an exchange with a core charge/refund. The advantage of the exchange is you can receive the T/A, replace your old ones and use the shipping boxes to send old ones back. Less downtime for the car, unless you are like me and are doing a hundred other little things "while I'm at it". Give them a call . . . they seem like they can do it anyway that works for you.
Give them a call . . . they seem like they can do it anyway that works for you.
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There are some other differences but nothing that would cause any issues. The bearing support legs can be different. The 63-64 car had no webbing inbetween the 2 legs and the bottom of the support where the strut rod connects to has a smaller OD on the casting. After that the adding the webbing and the castings got larger.