CRG Discussion Forum

Camaro Research Group Discussion => General Discussion => Topic started by: svtrich on November 20, 2009, 10:56:55 PM

Title: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: svtrich on November 20, 2009, 10:56:55 PM: thinking about freshening up the front end.but what brand did GM use? MOOG,TRW, ect.
Rich
Title: Re: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: KurtS on November 21, 2009, 05:04:34 AM: GM. Seriously. They made their own.
Title: Re: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: firstgenaddict on January 16, 2010, 06:48:34 PM: GM's company was named SAGINAW... many of the tie rods had their stylized S logo stamped in them...
Title: Re: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: william on January 17, 2010, 04:41:47 PM: Years ago I worked for a Camaro business. We had literally hundreds of NOS GM ball joints, tie rod ends, sleeves, bushings, etc. NONE of it was an exact match to the OE stuff on both the '67 Z/28 and the ZL-1.
Title: Re: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: JohnZ on January 17, 2010, 04:58:44 PM: Quote from: firstgenaddict on January 16, 2010, 06:48:34 PM
GM's company was named SAGINAW... many of the tie rods had their stylized S logo stamped in them...

Saginaw Steering Gear made steering gears, rag joints and power steering pumps; Chevy steering linkage (relay rods, tie rods, tie rod ends, idler arms, and pitman arms) were made at Chevrolet-Buffalo.
Title: Re: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: firstgenaddict on January 18, 2010, 03:55:25 PM: Why would some of my original tie rods have the stylized S logo of Saginaw?
Title: Re: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: JohnZ on January 19, 2010, 03:58:14 PM: Quote from: firstgenaddict on January 18, 2010, 03:55:25 PM
Why would some of my original tie rods have the stylized S logo of Saginaw?

Buffalo may have sourced some of the detail parts from Saginaw.
Title: Re: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: KurtS on January 19, 2010, 05:22:19 PM: And Buffalo then assembled the complete steering linkage, shipped to the vehicle assembly plant as an assembly/unit.
Title: Re: what brand suspension parts did GM use?
Post by: firstgenaddict on January 21, 2010, 04:16:26 PM: I knew that it came to the assembly plant as a unit, just didn't understand the differences in the manufacturing points.