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Hello, i am writing form germany. I am a owner of a Oldsmobile Jetstar 88, build 1965, convertible I have to make some restaurations. I need for the front wheels the drum brake spindle. And the anchor plate where the brake cylinders are mounted on. thanx for your help. Andi i have baught this items on ebay.com but they doesnt fit! :-( This is a picture of my Jetstar 88 my Jetstar 88
Hello, i am writing form germany. I am a owner of a Oldsmobile Jetstar 88, build 1965, convertible I have to make some restaurations. I need for the front wheels the drum brake spindle. And the anchor plate where the brake cylinders are mounted on. thanx for your help. Andi
Unfortunately, the parts you need are unique to the 1965-66 Jetstar 88 only. NOTHING else interchanges, and you won't find new ones anywhere. There is virtually no market for these parts, so no one makes replacements. I'm assuming that you had a bearing go bad and it damaged the spindle? If you can't find a good used one, your only other option is to have your damaged one welded and remachined. The reality is that the spindle surface that the bearing rides on isn't that critical, since the bearing inner race is the actual surface that the rollers ride on. Sorry I don't have better news.
Note also that your driver side spindle has a hole bored in it for the speedometer cable. Be sure the replacement has this feature. The passenger side spindle will not have this.
But first i have to check if
a) the items are the same as a cutlass
or
b) ONLY 1965-66 Jetstar 88 spindles work. NOTHING else fits
What is right?
And any ideas where i get the spindles?!
The Spindle is a little bit damaged because the bearing was damaged. But however that is not the main problem. The main problem is, the bolt of the spindle is no longer straight. it is bent upwards. This has the consequence that on this side of the vehicle (the right side) the car has a knock-kneed leg (X-Leg). I hope you understand what I mean by that. As a result, the breaking effect is not sufficient. Because the brake shoes do not brake on the full shoe surface. And the car pulls to the left when braking. As a result, I don't get a TÜV (a german instution. You have to go all 2 years to the TÜV and they are looking that the car is save enough. And if not it is not allowed to drive the car)
But first i have to check if
a) the items are the same as a cutlass
or
b) ONLY 1965-66 Jetstar 88 spindles work. NOTHING else fits
What is right?
What is "right" is that you should stop "crowdsourcing" your information from the interwebs and check the factory parts book. 5200 series is the Jetstar 88. Note that not only is the P/N different for the F85 cars, but the J88 uses different RH/LH spindles (which I told you above) vs. the F85 cars where they are the same on both sides. That alone should tell you that the F85/Cutlass parts don't work.
@ joe_padavano: What is a "factory parts book" and where can I find it? What can I do with the numbers? Thanx for your great support, so I can save a lot of time!
@ 65B01Delta:
thanx for your message. I have replied it.
@ deaddds:
thanx for your pictures. I had written an email to you but got no answer. Can you send me a private message on this forum? Are the spindles okay?
@ joe_padavano:
What is a "factory parts book" and where can I find it? What can I do with the numbers? Thanx for your great support, so I can save a lot of time!
@ 65B01Delta:
thanx for your message. I have replied it.
@ deaddds:
thanx for your pictures. I had written an email to you but got no answer. Can you send me a private message on this forum? Are the spindles okay?
@ joe_padavano:
What is a "factory parts book" and where can I find it? What can I do with the numbers? Thanx for your great support, so I can save a lot of time!
The factory parts book is what the dealership parts department used to look up a part number when you walked in to buy a replacement part. These are the factory replacement part numbers and applications.
Sent a message but must be lost. Other than the wheels turn I cant say. I havent disassembled the front end and it will take some time to work them apart. Its a weekend project at best due to my work schedule.
can you tell me which dealer use this book? And if I get the parts there.
thanx
This is the book used by the OLDSMOBILE dealership parts department. Since the last Oldsmobile dealership closed in 2004, you aren't going to find anyone who uses it. What it does for you is that it tells you what part numbers the factory used for each configuration. Many vendors can cross reference the factory part numbers with their replacement part numbers. For this discussion, that is irrelevant because no one makes replacement spindles for your application. The purpose of posting this information is to once again prove to you that the spindles are unique to the 1965-66 Jetstar 88 models, since you keep asking the question.
I appreciate that effort, but again be aware that the further you get from the model year, the greater the likelihood that the parts you're interested in were dropped from the parts network. I have a copy of the Sept 1968 book, for example. There's also a Jan 1972 version available online at gmpartswiki.com.
steve-kartoffel,
Be rest assured, that you MUST follow exactly what Joe Padavano tells you --- you don't want to have a bunch of Wrong / Useless Parts...
And a lot of extra shipping charges to pay....
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June 9th, 2021, 12:13 AM
