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, Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:29:32
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I think that the ONLY issue is do you want the have the emergency brake? If so there is a fair amount of work to do that, but you can do it, AND you can do it later if you want to just get the first part done (as it do the swap).
Some Considerations.
The rear axle bearings are part of the rear hubs and so the will only work with the appropriate year range. The spindle is different size on the 88 and newer vs the 87 and older.
The wheel attachment is different in 88 and newer, lug bolts vs lug nuts, AND the bolt spacing is different as is the diameter of the center hole. Basically you can't do it half way.
The front wheels you can push the hub out of the CV Wheel Bearing and replace with the newer hub, however this usually destroys the bearing anyway so.... you could just put the entire 88 and newer unit in place if the wheel bearing is good you save the time, expense, and cost of the bearing.
If you have both cars.... you can, generally, unbolt and remove from donor car and replace on the other car. THE tripod carriers may be the small ones on your transmission, you should be able to unbolt those in place and swap the others in, consult CMyles on this and the shims etc.
since the 1985 does NOT have ABS, you will have to remove the reluctor rings, really not that difficult use a thin chisel and get them started, AND you will not be using the pickup either.
So, on the front, the easy way is to just take the entire Knuckle and unbolt at the ball joints and the steering arm (leaving the tie rod end on the steering rack) you will be using that, plus the caliper, pads, rotor, and the wheel and bolts. Times two sides.
The rear is sometimes difficult to get the Pan Hard Rod to align and bolt in place, having two floor jacks seems to help on this.
You will be using the rear axle, hubs, calipers, pads, wheels and bolts. you may have to swap the trailing arms due to diameter of the attachment points, it's a your mileage may vary.
I've done it several times for the race cars, basically taking a 1986 or 1987 and update to the 1988 specs for the brakes. have NOT done the emergency brake.
Enjoy!
Or, if you want some 1987 hardware shoot me an email.
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, Fri, 15 Jun 2012 07:48:26, Wed, 13 Jun 2012 19:29:32, Wed, 13 Jun 2012 21:05:09
, Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:24:25, Thu, 14 Jun 2012 15:56:18
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