NC-car-guy Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 So, 1957 ball joints, are apparently fussy, inferior, and prone to failure. Also appears they are rebuild only and very pricey at that. Has anyone modified a 57 to accept a more available joint or joint/spindle combo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 When new the 57's bottoms have 1/16" (.062 ) of up/down free play... How much free play do you have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Just now, avgwarhawk said: When new the 57's bottoms have 1/16" (.062 ) of up/down free play... How much free play do you have? Haven't gotten that far yet. Trying to plan ahead. Since the car is already modified, if I can find some thing better that isn't a frame swap, I'm open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avgwarhawk Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I think it will take a lot($ and modifications) to switch over to something else since this is a 1 year suspension design. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 6 minutes ago, avgwarhawk said: I think it will take a lot($ and modifications) to switch over to something else since this is a 1 year suspension design. That may be. Thought I'd check 1st. Figured someone might have discovered something similar to using the latee model oil pump or the aluminum drums on earlier cars, etc... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1956322 Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I’ve heard you can swap to a 58 set up... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, 1956322 said: I’ve heard you can swap to a 58 set up... Hm that would be great. $500 vs $1500 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NC-car-guy Posted September 24, 2020 Author Share Posted September 24, 2020 Found this topic: Wish the thread from V8 buick listed within was still active You can use the spindles and upper and lower control arms from a '59-'60 without the air ride suspension. See this thread: '57 suspension upgrade My parts interchange shows: Lower A arm: Buick '59-'60 (w/o air ride), 1185792 ®, 1185793 (L) Upper A arm (w/ shaft): Buick '58-'60, 1193956 ®, 1193957 (L) Spindles: Buick '58-'60, 1388196 ®, 1388197 (L) Upper ball joints: Buick '58-'60, 1388875 (R or L) Lower ball joints: Buick '58-'60, 1388876 (R or L) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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