C5 spindle from CPP

[BuickOldsPontiac]

I don't remember this being the case. How much does it? I have them on my 87' with zero offset rims, no noticeable difference visually. I thought they spindles were the same measurements as the stock g-body spindle, but I suppose there could be some minor variations.

From what I remember reading on here, its about 0.750" total, so 0.375" on a side for the Blazer spindle.

 

[Supercharged111]

"corvette hubs" implies the hubs are better, but i can find no proof. and i can't find any difference between non-zr1 hubs and zr1 hubs.


interesting! I've never heard of drop hubs. where can i find them?

I've always been under the impression that the upgraded SKF hubs were OE ZR1 hubs. That may or may not be the case, but either way these bad boys do exist and are better than your garden variety C5/C6 hub. I really need to get some onto my Camaro.

SKF C5 C6 Corvette HD Racing Bearing & Hub

Improve your Corvette's handling, brake performance and hub durability with these new SKF Performance hubs.

www.tpsmotorsports.com

As for drop hubs, I guess I wasn't very clear. You can get Blazer drop spindles, but not the drop CPPs. That would be ideal because you could have the good hubs AND the good brakes. Hell, a garden variety C5 hub I'm sure is beefier than the Blazer hubs. The C5 hubs are significantly bigger than my Camaro hubs.

 

[Ribbedroof]

I'm still baffled over how a sealed ball-bearing is supposedly superior to a tapered roller bearing

I think the move to sealed hub/bearing assemblies was a concession to assembly-line simplicity and front drive logistics

But then again, I'm old fashioned

I see a lot of failed/damaged hub assemblies in my daily work.

 

[Supercharged111]

If that's directed at me, I'm not comparing anything to the stock Monte bearings.

 

[Ribbedroof]

Just a general question that crosses my mind every time a swap to hub/bearing assemblies comes up, was not calling anyone out.

 

[Supercharged111]

Ahh. Well I think the concensus is that they did it to gain .01 mpg per car and it must have been cheaper to manufacture.

 

[PBGBodyFan]

I'm still baffled over how a sealed ball-bearing is supposedly superior to a tapered roller bearing

I think the move to sealed hub/bearing assemblies was a concession to assembly-line simplicity and front drive logistics

But then again, I'm old fashioned

I see a lot of failed/damaged hub assemblies in my daily work.

Vehicles I’ve had with the newer style sealed bearings fail much more frequently, seems to be the norm in at least both of the vehicles I had too, from what I can gather. And they are definitely more expensive. I don’t view it as an improvement just comes with the territory of a newer spindle design.

 

[pagrunt]

Vehicles I’ve had with the newer style sealed bearings fail much more frequently, seems to be the norm in at least both of the vehicles I had too, from what I can gather. And they are definitely more expensive. I don’t view it as an improvement just comes with the territory of a newer spindle design.

We have regually replaced them on the wife's Santa Fe & my old POS Silverado. The '86 SS frame I got to replace my '81's original could of reused the original bearings that it had when I rebuilt the front end. Hell, we reused bearings that were in a set of old '57 Chevy front drums that were sitting on the self for 20+ years with no issues.