I took my 65 in for a front alignment this morning and was told the 78 Granada spindles are shot. Where can I find new ones?
rsev216 said:I took my 65 in for a front alignment this morning and was told the 78 Granada spindles are shot. Where can I find new ones?
rsev216 said:I took my 65 in for a front alignment this morning and was told the 78 Granada spindles are shot. Where can I find new ones?
D.Hearne said:I'd get a second opinion. The shop may be trying to sell you more parts you may not need. If you replaced all the ball joints, tie rods, spring saddles, etc., you'd be the first I've heard of that got a hold of bad spindles. They just don't wear out in normal service.
rsev216 said:No one tried to sell me parts. It's an excellent shop that specializes in classic cars. The owner is an old Mustang guy. He did not charge me. He just showed me the problem and said to bring it back when it was fixed. The tie rod ends are new but even when tightened down all the way there is a lot of play where the end connects to the spindle arm.
ultrastang said:The settings they need to align your car to are: 0 to .5 neg. camber and 2.5 deg pos. caster with 1/8" toe in.
degins said:I think you are talking about play in the outer tie rod to steering arm interface (the tapered stud doesn't fit snug into the mounting hole). It sounds like you have the wrong, probably 65 type outer tie rods. If your car is a 8 cylinder, you need 75-80 Granada type, if 6 cylinder you need adapters.
Please be more specific about the problem. No one is saying the shop is trying to cheat you, but they probably aren't willing to invest time figuring out a problem with a car that has non-standard equipment.
rsev216 said:You nailed it. The outer tie rod end is not snug in the steering arm. The car had the Granada spindles when I bought it. I just replaced the tie rod ends with 65 ends that were an exact match to what I took off.
The car is a 289 with power steering. Will the Granada ends go on with no other mods?
Big_B said:Are the specs the same for a 68 with granada swap? I am having mine aligned next week.