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Location: dellroy ohio | Has any one used aspen or volare spindles on a 57-59 forwardlook car for disc brake conversion,with any sucess? I aquired the stuff to do it for free,so all I would need is new bearings,calipers,pads,master cyl.(the rotors are like new)any input would be appreciated.thanks! |
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Location: Parts Unknown | It is a direct bolt-up. There is some play to work out in the tie rod ends, but overall, a simple
conversion. Been too many years to explain many details, but the brakes worked very well and
I never had any problem with them. A friend "pioneered" the idea on his Firesweep and I just
copied what he did.
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Location: dellroy ohio | what about ball joints?do you use 57 plymouth upper and volare/aspen lower? |
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Location: Hickory, NC | I did a Volare/Aspen disk brake swap on my '57 Plymouth a few years ago. There was a lot of modifications required to get it to work. Tie rod ends had to be cut, as well as the strut rods (shortening the wheel stops). The setup made the wheels lean in bad at the top. So major adjustment was needed to correct this. Also affected the steering ratio. It took a few days to do all this... It did work however...
I just didn't like how the car drove after the swap so I ended up ripping it all out and replacing the modified parts with originals and buying an AAJ brake kit. The AAJ kit was far superior and cheaper in the long run. Not to mention a heck of alot easier to install! No modifications necessary. My advice would be to purchase the AAJ brackets and acquire the other parts locally. (Aspen rotors, GM calipers, I used the Aspen prop. valve) |
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Location: Blythewood, SC | Thanks Austin, I was hoping you saw this thread.
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Location: Parts Unknown | I used new Kanter ball joints specified for the 58 Plymouth. I recall the tie rod ends had to be
adjusted way out, not cut off (?) Is my memory failing me ? Cut the strut rods ???
Me so confuse. 
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Location: Houston | No disrespect meant, but it seems like you had a lot of troubles no one else mentions. How could a spindle swap make the wheels lean in? Is the spindle at a different angle relative to vertical? |
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Location: NorCal |
The Aspen spindle is shorter than the original so it affects the geometry. The rod end and stop mods are common to this swap, if others haven't mentioned it they are living with reduced turn radius and incorrect toe-in. |
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aspen or volare spindles on a 57 plymouth?
