The All About My 1980 Pontiac LeMans Station Wagon Thread...

[Charlief1]

Did you get the coarse or fine thread screws? Reason I ask is that the course ones you can't turn them very much or you'll adjust the height way to much.

[motorhead]

Not sure.  They look coarse... but what do I know? LOL.

Truth is I need about 1" of adjustment to compensate for the corner weight/chassis lean.  Or atleast according to the different length springs the previous owner had back there.

[motorhead]

1980's build quality leaves a lot to be desired; just sayin'...

[motorhead]

Can anyone recommend a good commercially available automotive seam sealer?

Nevermind... found a Canadian company: http://dominionsureseal.com/

[daveismissing]

Anything crosscanada autoparts ( the big LKQ crash subsidiary) has you can order at partsource. 


http://www.crosscanadaparts.com/


Notice all the gbody parts that others like to pretend they only have.

[motorhead]

Just trundling along...

[motorhead]

and along...

[motorhead]

Does anyone know of another source for these hubs? http://www.flynbye.com/catalog/i5.html

I'd go with the "make your own" approach but there are very few quality machine shops in a government city.

[Charlief1]

There are several places you can get them, but if you want to make it a little easier, I've got a set of B body knuckles for 12" rotors. You're going to use a non stock upper arm anyway so it shouldn't be an issue.

[motorhead]

There are several places you can get them, but if you want to make it a little easier, I've got a set of B body knuckles for 12" rotors. You're going to use a non stock upper arm anyway so it shouldn't be an issue.

I have the same B-body set up on my Buick, and I'd rather stick with the stock front suspension (plus drop spindles) on this wagon.
 
Can you tell me what other sources are out there for the hubs? Thanks!

[Charlief1]

This guys site isn't done yet but the contact info is there.



http://www.renzfab.com/products.asp


I believe bear (sp) also offers them. I used to have a site that had all the dimensions of all the brake adapters in a PDF format and you could download them as well as how much to cut the hub, but I can't find them any more.

[xpander343]

I thought people were generally just getting old gbody rotors turned down to a spec that fit?

[Charlief1]

Not always. You can get custom forged aluminum replacements as well.

[xpander343]

those sounds pretty sweet

[motorhead]

I thought people were generally just getting old gbody rotors turned down to a spec that fit?

If I could find a trustworthy machine shop locally I would have gone this route... but, this is Ottawa and no one does anything for themselves.