[GALAXIE] 64 Galaxie w/77 T-bird Disc brake swap camber issue

[Djgrenoble at aol.com]

John, That is exactly the same thing I trying to correct on my 63 right 
now. I've been experimenting for a month or so with fixes and the upper "A" 
arms is what I'm looking at right now. The guy who said to look at the T'bird 
spindles is correct, there's 1/2 -5/8 inch more offset cast into the spindle 
at the top on the T'bird than is on the Galaxie.
    One of the ideas I have is reversing the upper ball joint and using the 
same rivet / bolts holes. This moves the ball joint shaft about 3/4 inch 
towards the center of the car. That may be too much but that can be corrected 
by adding shims to the stack. Another is just moving the upper ball joint in 
towards the inner pivot as much as possible. That looks like it might get 
me about 3/8 inch.
    I also used the 78 T'bird spindles: rotors and calipers hearing they 
were are direct swap...not!
    My front end is all new: springs, shocks, bushings, cranks, and crank 
bushings.
    Keep me posted to any changes or ideas you come up with and I'll do the 
same.
    Doug Grenoble
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