Front wheel spindles interchangable (left-right) ?

[MoPar~Man]

Are slab-era front drum knuckle/spindles interchangable (left-right) or are they side-specific?

 

[413]

Drum spindle an swap.

Disc can swap,but it moves the caliper position front or rear of spindle. So the brake hose bracket won't be on the same side and caliper.

 

[MoPar~Man]

Were there any geometry differences in the

- frame upper-control arm mounts
- upper or lower control arms
- strut rods (length)
- lower ball joints

between a drum vs a disk setup that would introduced "problems" when taking the brake-support backing plate and knuckle/spindle from a drum setup and putting it on a stub that *might* have originally been a disk setup?

Because I've done exactly that. Taken a stub that was complete - except for no spindle or hub or knuckle or lower ball joint, and added my backing plate and knuckle (and new lower ball joint). Supposedly the stub had I guess factory disks but that hardware was taken off. The new stub seems to be an exact match, bolt-hole for bolt-hole, to my '67 Monaco stub. Which means it had to have been only a handful of years - '66 to '68 or maybe '69?

I paid no attention to whether my knuckles were left or right handed, when I put them on. They looked symetrical to me.

Anyone know what the P/N's might be for the knuckles? Presumably there is only one P/N?

 

[413]

The only difference I've heard of it the lower ball joints are specific for disc or drum. I don't know what the difference is.

 

[twostick]

The only difference I've heard of it the lower ball joints are specific for disc or drum. I don't know what the difference is.

Budd disc brake spindles have their own lower ball joint. Drum 65 and up, and 69-73 single piston disc spindles use the same lower ball joint.

Kevin