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64 Galaxie w/77 T-bird disc brakes camber problem Posted by 64 Ford on September 27, 2009, 5:51 am 67.34.130.79 | Message modified by user 64 Ford September 27, 2009, 5:53 am I just rebuilt the front end (PST parts) and swapped over to 77 T-bird disc brakes. No problems going back together expect having to get a couple of brake line adpaters & rerouting both front brake lines. The problem is the camber seems to be extremely positive; top of tire pointing out. Prior to the rebuild the shim stack was about 1/2 inch--now w/no shims it sticks out. I even rotated the offset bolt at the front of the A-arm to see if it made a difference and it didn't seem to have an impact. So any ideas how to to get the correct settings?  Post a Response

That is a problem that some people have. Posted by Daze on September 29, 2009, 8:59 am, in reply to "64 Galaxie w/77 T-bird disc brakes camber problem" 174.44.38.124 I have been advocating the T-bird, LTD swap on classic Galaxies for a long time. I did it on my 62 and the results were very good. Turns out, however that not all the batches of spindles are the same. These modern cars that we are using as donors for brakes had a lot more alignment adjustment. because of that ford didn't have to make all the spindles the same. Some have a lot of positive camber built in to them and some do not. At this point there is no easy fix. I have herd of people relocating the top mount on the frame, I have also herd of people having the top ball joint hole welded closed and re-drilled, others have simply sourced another set of spindles and compared the upper ball joint hole to get one with a better mounting hole location. Interestingly enough this problem seams to be more of an issue on the 63/64 cars more so than the 61/62 cars. If there is any thing I can do to help please let me know. also please keep us posted on how it turns out. If it aint broke..... modify it anyway!!!! Mustang tech http://www.dazecars.com http://www.galaxieforum.com  Post a Response

Re: That is a problem that some people have. Posted by 64 Ford on September 29, 2009, 4:02 pm, in reply to "That is a problem that some people have." 67.34.130.79 I've gotten several answers; re drill spindles, move ball joints in by re drilling the A-arm or find new spindles. I'll post whatever option I end up doing.  Post a Response

Re: That is a problem that some people have. Posted by BattlestarGalactic on September 30, 2009, 8:30 am, in reply to "Re: That is a problem that some people have." 99.51.91.24 I did my wagon and guess I was one of the lucky ones? Didn't know anything about this issue, and never had car aligned. Hope you get it figured out.  Post a Response

BattlestarGalactic, you don't need to worry about the front alignment... Posted by Daze on September 30, 2009, 3:04 pm, in reply to "Re: That is a problem that some people have." 174.44.38.124 when your front end spends more time in the air than on the pavement. If it aint broke..... modify it anyway!!!! Mustang tech http://www.dazecars.com http://www.galaxieforum.com  Post a Response

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