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Thingggg
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 Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 9:23 am Post subject: Thing spindle difference |
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What exactly is the difference between a stock and Thing spindle?
Do they use different bearings?
What dimmentions are different?
This guy machines front 944 hubs to except VW bearings to adapt them to VW spindles would that part of the Thing spindle be any different. He wasn’t familiar with Thing spindles but thought he should be able to do it. |
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Go-SpeedRacer
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:42 pm Post subject: |
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| I spoke to this guy, cant remember his name, but got it from you, but he told me that he actually checked out the Thing spindles and no problem, he told me that I would need to send him my spindles along with the rotor & hubs. I just have not had a chance to send them yet, but he basically left me the impression that he could make chicken salad out of chicken sheet, so I am not sure it matters if you send send your spindles with hubs when you send them. So if you send both, let him figure it out, that is what we are paying for? |
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Ian Epperson
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Thingggg
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| Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 2:42 pm Post subject: |
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Go-SpeedRacer
Thanks, he seemed less sure about making Thing spindles work when I talked to him.
Do you have your 944 front hubs rotors and stuff yet?
He also said to me just send the hubs and spindles, but he may have changed his mind and now needs rotors also? |
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Go-SpeedRacer
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:21 am Post subject: |
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He seemed pretty confident when I spoke to him. I was going to just send him everything and let him figure it out. Yes I already have all the pieces, I took everything off the 944 that I could. Entire rear end & all the font stuff, so I am sure I have enough pieces. He did tell me just the hubs as well, but after looking at the assembly all together, I am not sure you could take off the rotors and not mess him up. The only piece that it appears that you can take off is the caliper to save some shipping weight, but I was just going to send the whole thing and let him figure it all out.
Thanks for reminding me to send these brake in, I have my new transaxle and have been spending most of my time fooling with that and trying to figure out how to adapt it all together. Will be asking for everyones input in a couple of days once I have had a chance to get my hands around it. Will get my new motor next week, it is being shipped now, so time to put everything back together. |
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kubelmann
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Thingggg
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| Posted: Tue May 15, 2007 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Looks like since 2 Thing owners called him he investigated farther. I am pretty positive I will go this way. I already have the rear stuff but need to source the front. I could not find a whole car in a boneyard. I don't know how some little Ghia breaks could compare to these. |
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