72 torino spindle for maverick

These spindles only needed little modification to the lower ball joint hole. Every thing else was correct.

 

These are the pics i have so far. as you see they look identical.

 

I see a lot of differences or it’s the camera angle. Ball joint to tie rod end angle…height of the spindle. Not counting the two extra horizontal holes.

 

they look alot different. what exactly you plan on doing with this?

 

the pics make everything look crooked. the extra holes on the torino spindle is where the caliper bracket bolts on. the measurment from the upper ball joint to lower is 9 " the arm that comes out on the torino has a different shape but ends up with in reason from the stock spindle.. i will post some better pics when i get them installed. These pics dont do no justice. you actualy need to see in person. the torino spindle sits higher on the bench because the dust plate has a three hole patteren that is shaped as atriangle so it is sitting on a point where it is raised off the bench.

 

here is a little different angle. The torino spindle is a beefier unit than the original maverick drum spindle.

 

Now the axle looks longer at the bearing area.
But you're looking at them side by side and I'm not. :Handshake

 

It seems like a lot of extra work when you can get something that would be more of a bolt on. Are we related??? I tend to do the same thing just because I can! Looks like you have better tools at your disposal though, last set of spindles I modified I did with a 4" grinder (cut down a boss on GM a-body spidles to convert them to disc brakes).

 

yeah well being in michigan everything is rotten.All the granada's and mavericks are taken or crushed. If you do findem You have to grease up to reduce impact of $$. So i am useing what i have around here to make it work. My grinder burnt up on my last escapade..lol...you dont want to know. I will post more picks when i get further ahead. The weather here is dropping in the single digits so that will hold me up a little.

 

I applaud you for your talent and inginuity, Using whats available instead of taking the easy road...We have a few very nice things available for our cars because no one told them that it couldn't be done... Someday some of us will find there are no more disc spindles available, and come to you for help..lol..

 

They do look different but close. They do sell tapered sleeves for oversizing ball joint holes in spindles. Try some parts sites that sell to the stock car guys, if you need something like that.

I'm still thinking that you have a spindle from a 71 Torino, not a 72. The Torino had the coil springs up in the towers like the Maverick up to 71. In 72, they went to a full frame car and had the springs between the 2 A-frames so the spindle would be much shorter.

Let us know when you mount it how it all worked out for you.

As you progress with this spindle, post it in the Technical section - you should get more views on it

 

This is interesting. I wonder if it would save you some effort to use a Torino lower control arm (assuming the dimensions are right, probably not) or at least a Torino lower ball joint. Either way, it's cool to know one more donor car is out there for disc conversions. Ths means Ranchero and Montego stuff will probably work too. I had looked at one in a junkyard and noted the similarities...

And I may be hallucinating, I haven't had morning coffee yet, but do I remember correctly that the calipers are bigger? Is the rotor the same size? It would be pretty cool if this swap yielded bigger brakes!

 

I was wondering about the control arms as well. I wonder if they are longer since it's a much bigger car.

 

...The calipers ARE different.

Here's a Granada/Maverick part:



And a '72 Torino caliper:



Bore size on the Torino is 3.1" and Granada is either 2.6" or 2.12", depending I presume on whether power brakes were installed.

Torino pads:


Granada pads:



...And the rotor size. Granada rotors are 11.03" and Torino rotors are 10.72" or 11.72" for police/taxi. So, not wildly different, but potentially better depending on which setup.

Very interesting indeed.

 

I will take a pic of the control arms of the torino it was definitly a 72 i had 2 of them at the time and 1 i parted out. I had to seperate the control arms from the spindles cause they were still together. The lower control arm was wider at the frame so i didnt attempt that, i didnt bother with the length at the time. I took the ball joint from the torino lower and was going to attempt to swap the ball joint out but it would have took more hacking than i wanted. The spindles are the same for the 72 up tbirds, cougars, torinos, montego, and what ford considerd mid size back then. I used to race stock cars I always used the ford full frame with rear steer. I am definitly confident in what i have i never owned a pre 72 torino. I own 2 77 tbirds and the one i am parting out i will save the spindles cause they are the exact same as i have from the torino.