camaro spindles on a 61 chevy????

[bobx]

anyone here know how tough it is to mount a camaro spindle on a 61 a arm?? whats it take to to this?? anyone done it?? what year camaro?? thanks..

later..

[choprods]

The lower ball joint on a '61 is pointing downwards and any camaro I know of has the opposite.
one time I upgraded a '62 by using a set of '76 malibu spindles and rotors/brakes....
It involved "tipping" the lower A arms with the balljoint mounting area of the donor '76 Malibu lower A arm[hire a pro welder]
Then the spindle will fit right on to adapted ball joint.
I do remember having to lengthen the A arm a half inch or so[camber spec].
The top ball joint from your '61 will bolt up to these '76 Malibu spindles.[others might be same too]
also I used the Idler arm and all tie rods/steering arms clear across from the '76 Malibu-it was close enought that it adjusted out without any changes.ALSO lowers it 1-1/2".
steering box I used was from a '62 and was manual steering.

[droplord49]

I have a friend with a 60 and one with a 64 chevy and both of them put 82-93 S-10 dropped spindles and they both said its real easy

[willowbilly3]

Camaros are rear steer and the Impala is front steer(I think). This means you would probably have to relocate the steering box.

[Charlie Chops 1940]

A basically bolt on deal is '65-'82 Corvette spindles and brakes. The only rework is to drill the '61 steering arms to the Corvette size.

Charlie

[Stevie G]

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Camaros are rear steer and the Impala is front steer(I think). This means you would probably have to relocate the steering box.

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Isn't it the other way around?
Most early sixties GM's I've had are rear stear.

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I have a friend with a 60 and one with a 64 chevy and both of them put 82-93 S-10 dropped spindles and they both said its real easy

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So, what did they do about ackerman?
Bend the stearing arm?

[choprods]

the '76 I mentioned was a 76 NOVA instead of Malibu![senility came early here]
it was in stock form a FRONT STEER.
also it required no heating bending or cutting [just the lower A arm surgery].

[Stevie G]

I just went and looked at a bunch of front steer spindles and......they are wrong...for front steer ackerman.
So it looks like they would be perfect in a rear steer situation.
Hmmm!