front suspension rebuild kit for 67

[Gerald C.]

Can anyone point me in the direction of the best vendor to provide this kit for me?

Thanks

[Keith B.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

you local auto parts store that sells Moog parts

[Gary R.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

I agree with Keith on this.

If you want correct appearing ball joints then you may not get the higher quality parts you may think you're getting. Moog makes the best and they don't come close to looking like the OEM uppers.

For years now many of those "kits" contain imported parts, particularly the lower ball joints. Some are bad out of the box, many have failed in less then a 1000 miles. If you're not going to drive the car then it doesn't matter much.

If you're going to drive the car I would install the real USA Moog joints, there is only 1 upper and lower USA vette joint made by Moog but there could be imported ones sold at lesser cost with the name.

I'm not aware of any kits on the market with these in them due to price and if you do find someone who will substitute them it is going to jack up the price into the $400 range or more.

Do some homework - go to DC and do a search, see what you find from about 5 years ago, along with plenty of pictures. You may be surprised.

The best place I found for Moog parts is Rockauto. When I worked as a parts counterman 30 years ago we stocked all Moog parts, no chinese crap back then, now a days you will have to look around.

Good luck, I always like the best built/strongest parts for my vettes which means many times they are not "Correct"

[Edward J.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

Gerald, if you want the correct upper and lower a/frame bushings Doc rebuild sells them, I do only what parts need to be replaced with the steering and control arms, If you looking to top flite your car originally helps, You'll find as Gary says theres alot of made in china stuff (garbage). So if the 67 parts that are in your check out okay, why replace them. my 63 still has the original tie rods, upper ball joints. The lowers are a high wear item as is the idler arm.the rubber bushings is a no brainer just replace them.

[Gerald C.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

Ed,

I just might take your advice on leaving many things alone. The upper and lower bushings on the A frame are dried out, but the rest look okay. let's see when I start taking things apart and see what I find. When I drove the car, it drove pretty well.

I bought the car last March and had to finish a 63 before starting in this 67, so it wasn't driven that much.

Thanks

[Timothy B.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

Gerald,

I agree with ED, don't replace anything original that's in good working order.

The lower ball joint is the load bearing joint but check it first to see if it's bad. A" frame bushings can be replaced because the rubber can deteriorate and the complete overhaul and check can be done without spending $$$.

[Gary J.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

Who were the orginal ball joints made by, Delco?

[Timothy B.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

Gary,

The original ball joints are made by GM. Delco is a another GM company I believe it stands for Dayton electronics co. or something like that.

[Rich C.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

Did I read that correctly? Moog makes the 'USA Vette' ball joints?

'73 LS-4 454 owned 21 1/2 years

[Larry M.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

Gary,

The original ball joints are made by GM. Delco is a another GM company I believe it stands for Dayton electronics co. or something like that.

The name Delco came from the Dayton Engineering Laboratories Co., founded in Dayton, Ohio by Charles Kettering and Edward A. Deeds in 1909.

Larry

[Larry M.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

Did I read that correctly? Moog makes the 'USA Vette' ball joints?

'73 LS-4 454 owned 21 1/2 years

Rich:

I do not think this is true. I heard awhile back that they were made off-shore. However, I was told that quality was very good.

Larry

[Gary R.]

Re: front suspension rebuild kit for 67

The last I checked, MOOG # K6034 & K6035 were made here in the old USA and were the only USA Moog # for the 63-82 vette. NOW, since everything associated with mass production is going to Mexico,China,etc it may be these have also fallen in with the rest. I hope not but now I'll make some calls next week to find out. If so I'm glad I stocked up a couple of sets for my cars. I see it happening everyday and the parts coming in are not the same, they're getting better but the USA parts have been better all along. I'll never accept that we can't build things better then anyone out there but we're not going to work for $10 a day either.

Here is one thread I dug up, it may be interesting reading for some. This is from last year, if you go back about 5 years it really becomes interesting.

http://www.digitalcorvettes.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142481&highlight=moog+identification&page=2