upper ball joint taper, first gen disk brake cars

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Re: upper ball joint taper, first gen disk brake cars

Postby bluecab » Mon Mar 17, 2014 4:01 pm

Well, I found a "mate" to the early spindle, so now I need to find some ball joints: the lower K5205 joints don't show up on Rock Auto, or Autozone, but NAPA shows them for $179 ea ! under their Rare Parts brand. Ouch.
I only paid $75. for the spindle.. Maybe it would be more cost effective to find a later spindle that can use a less pricey ball joint.
Carmen / Bill / Others, can you recommend a source? Does Kanter sell these parts without the kit?
Carmen, do you have a part number for the 3 hole upper ball joint with the thicker stud?

Thanks!

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Re: upper ball joint taper, first gen disk brake cars

Postby 69W34 » Mon Mar 17, 2014 5:33 pm

Ooooops, yeah that original spindle was discontinue in lieu of the later style hence all of the up dated parts ..... Ah not really sure of what to say I guess in for a penny in for a pound as it is for now.
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Re: upper ball joint taper, first gen disk brake cars

Postby Otto Skorzeny » Tue Mar 18, 2014 2:59 pm

I would not recommend anything from Kanter except as a last resort.

Suspension parts for my '56 Cadillac from them are/were absolute crap from China. They are pretty well known in the Cadillac circles for selling poor quality, junk.

I have a friend in Australia who is restoring a '57 Cadillac. All the new, Kanter rubber suspension parts literally disintegrated on the car over a year's time while it was in the shop undergoing restoration.

Front springs on my car sagged after a few years. The originals sat taller after 45 years on the car.

Maybe cutting out NAPA will save a little money. Here's Rare Parts information.

Rare Parts Steering and suspension parts from 1930 to present. Will custom make a part if they don't have one.
http://www.rareparts.com/

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Re: upper ball joint taper, first gen disk brake cars

Postby 1970w34 » Wed Mar 19, 2014 9:48 am

bluecab wrote:Well, I found a "mate" to the early spindle, so now I need to find some ball joints: the lower K5205 joints don't show up on Rock Auto, or Autozone, but NAPA shows them for $179 ea ! under their Rare Parts brand. Ouch.
I only paid $75. for the spindle.. Maybe it would be more cost effective to find a later spindle that can use a less pricey ball joint.
Carmen / Bill / Others, can you recommend a source? Does Kanter sell these parts without the kit?
Carmen, do you have a part number for the 3 hole upper ball joint with the thicker stud?

Thanks!


I have a GM box for Ball Joint Package (Upper) Group 6.164 with part number 393367. I have a set of, I think, TRW joints that I can't seem to find right now. I'll shoot you the number when I find them.

I do have a set of LOWER later model joints for sale ($100 delivered to the lower 48) if you decide to go that route.


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