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Well, I won't tack this on to the Onstar thread since they seem to get poofed and when I am actually able to say something intelligent I hate to see it goe to waste, My issue is not with On star but parts support. Many years ago I was given GM front spindles and traded for another pair. Used them to make axles for a homemade cattle trailer. Didn't use good enough pipe in one axle and have had to redo it after about 25 years. Naturally went to repack the bearings. Advance auto was able to track down 2 grease seals for the spindles that probably came from a chevelle. The other spindles probably came from an Impala and since I don't remember the year model I wound up going to a bearing and seal place, with measurements, and the seals are due to get here in a day or two. Now, my compliant about GM is that the parts guy said they only kept those parts back to 1977 and I think the spindles came from a 60s or early 70s model. I wonder what the guys restoring classic cars do about some of their parts requirements.

KEH
 
We had an early 70s C60 truck in our shop last year that needed the emergency brake rebuilt. It was mounted on the back of the trans and had an outside band over the drum. Checked with a few GM dealers and they all had the same part number;NLA,"no longer available". They even checked a real parts book, same story. AMAZING!
 
There's a guy in springfield ohio that has a warehouse full of GM new oldstock parts.He was,or might still be a chevy dealer.I got brake parts for a 1933 chevy pickup from him.He has a huge building with rows and rows of new old stock parts stacked 8 ft tall.
 
When a part isn't being sold enough to justify it and make a profit they stop making it. How many old Chevells and old Impalas are still out there? Of those still out there how many get used enough to require bearing and or seals every 10 years or so? How many after market suppliers is GM competing with? Most classic car folks I know who do their own work use after market parts for stuff like that......so it don't pay for GM to compete. There are a lot of tractors that parts are NLA too. Just isn't enough demand.

Rick
 
There TONS of aftermarket parts for old cars, unfortunatly they are also expensive. Seals and such I almost always get from Napa, but if you went to the Napa closest to you, Id bet they would have trouble finding the door. Ive never had any good luck with them. The Chevy dealer isnt going to carry older parts, as mention, they cant make any money, but if you went to the one closest to you, Im surprised the parts guy didnt help you locate the seals, hes usually pretty good about that.
 
No profit in keeping older vehicles on the road, and lot's of risk thanks to Ralph Nader. One failed bearing can cost the company millions of $$$
 
I recently had an experience where a fast moving parts store, Advance Auto had gas filled cylinders in stock that hold the hood open on a 1990 Camaro and the NAPA store did not.
So much for all of the ads NAPA buys on TV.
The local Chevy dealer is such a rip off I don't even go in there. Buy my vehicles out of town.
 
Most seals and bearings have numbers stamped on them. If you don't destroy the seal too badly, you can clean it up and take the number to a place that specializes in seals and bearings and generally match it up. Same with the bearings.
I feel sure that the dealer likely had parts in stock that would match yours, but under a different part number. Auto Manufacturers will change the part numbers from time to time just to throw aftermarket suppliers off track.
 
Unlessd the band itself is damaged there are places that will reline the old band for you. If the band is damaged they can also make a new band and then line it. I've had bands made and relined for severla machines over the years. I think the oldest was for an overhead crane made back in the fourties and still in use in a big RR shop. They took the reusable parts like the eyes off the old band and reused them, figured out the placement of and drilled holes for the new lining to be rivited on, put new lining on that was just a touch thicker to make up for the wear in the drum. In that case the lining was rivited on but they can also bond the linings if that's what's needed.
 
WHO would go to a GM dealer to look for bearings and seals for 30 or 40 year-old spindles??????????
 
Most OEMs don't provide parts support more than about thirty years back. That's really not much of an issue for popular classic cars, since there's a huge aftermarket business. That said, a few years ago GM started getting into the restoration parts business through their GM Performance Parts operation.
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