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COURTICE, ONT

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I'm having a litttle issue here. a wheel stud broke, rotors wouldn't hurt to replace either, so ordered rotors. I was told it was a 1979 Camaro front end, is that not what I have here? Can anyone help identify what this front end is? Ordered rotors but the dimensions are different, heights of the rotor don't work out, wondering if it's not a 79 camaro front end now??

 

 



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there is the possibility they sent you wrong rotors.I looked in garage for rotors we ran when we had camaro clip on race car.I remember the old GM rotors had #s on the rotor on face where wheel studs mount.with offshore sh-t now I dont know I could not find any in my ah parts bin lol.you could ask Harry if they have any reference material at his work.if he knows some oldtimer they should be able to get some info been to long ago for me.I am sure it is out there.if you can list bearings, rotor diameter etc. the picture with tape measure is to blurry for my old eyes.good luck in your search

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Looks 80's G-body ish.

 

Haven't seen one of those in a while hmm



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That's what I was kinda wondering.
The rear end was a gm 7.5" 10 bolt. Monte Carlo or something so I was wondering if front end came from same car but I was told 79 Camaro by previous owner. Maybe just the motor was 79 Camaro. Did 80 Monte Carlo come with a 350? I thought it was just 305?
But we looked up the height of the rotors for 80 Monte Carlo too and wasn't the same on the rotors I have now.

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rotor dimensions for a 79  

 

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likely a metric front, so eighties if seventies stuff doesn't fit, so s truck, regal, cutlass stuff will fit. 



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What is the height and what are the bearing numbers assuming its 11 inch 



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Show us the brake pads....It is a 5x4.75 bolt pattern, right?

I looked up 3 possibilities......79 Camaro, 76 Nova and 79 Monte Carlo (G body)

Here are the part numbers for the rotors
79 Camaro...48-85664
76 Nova......48-85542
79 Monte.....48-85664

Looks like the Camaro and "G" body use the same rotors

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1986

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I'll have to take more pics tomorrow for you. It's 10.125" diameter and height was around 4 5/8 ish I think.

Yes pretty sure
Bolt pattern is 5 x 4.75 and studs that were in it are 7/16 20.

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79 Camaro rotor specs....says its 11 inches

 

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

 
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Part number4885664
DescriptionBrake Rotor & Hub Assy - Front
Attribute# of Bolts:5,Bolt Circle Diameter:120.65 mm / 4.75",Diameter:279.4 mm / 11",Thickness When New:26.3 mm / 1.036",Discard Thickness:24.5 mm / .965",Height:117.8 mm / 4.638",Vented / Solid:Vented,Includes ABS Inner Sensor Ring:No,Includes Inner Bearing Cup:Yes,Includes Outer Bearing Cup:Yes

 

 



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Looking at your tape in the picture you are around 110 mm - 4.33  a long way off 5/8

7/16 and 12 mm are 35 thou different not something most will see just looking without something to referance



-- Edited by slim on Thursday 26th of June 2014 09:37:46 PM

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COURTICE, ONT

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I just bought lug nuts for the front, I know they're 7/16. (I do have one axle on the rear that's 12mm though.)
I have to go back to the shop tomorrow and measure again. I just noticed that in the pic myself about the tape. I didn't measure myself someone else gave me the dims so I'm going to measure myself tomorrow.

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I would think that the studs would interchange between the two



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I think it's a 1980ish monte carlo front end... the calipers and pads look the same.



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Nickeleye wrote:

I think it's a 1980ish monte carlo front end... the calipers and pads look the same.


 Glad you found what front end you actually have.

Good thing you don't have a front end out of a Ford or you would be using these front pads.winkwink

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bleh offside! lol

Or more likely a cutlass supreme, same calipers and pads, it came with a 350.

But anyways getting closer to figuring out what the front is out of. Def looks G-body though from all the pics I've been looking through

 



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should of used whatever is closest to the track width of your truck

 

 

 



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Whoever built the thing may have changed spindle's. Which is what the rotor needs to fit.

I have some Metric spindle's here from my old '87 s-10 that we can compare measurements on if you like.

 



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80-81 malibu smaller rotor with 7/16 studs - metric started in 82..3 . Check the wheel bearing size  should be national part # A3... A6

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COURTICE, ONT

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Good point about the spindle.... I'll have to look into that. thanks guys

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Definately G body and not camaro.

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the bolt for the banjo fitting on brake line for the calipers is also different between pre metric and metric frt ends ..77.

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Wasn't it the 78 chevelle that had the different wheel bearings and then they were 79 and newer . A one year deal.

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1980 Monte Carlo worked out just fine. Thanks everyone for the help.

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glad you got it figured out between Slim and Harry they provided good info.your thoughts on 80 monte was right.now drive and enjoy it

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