--- Edwin <edja@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Pete Engel, > > I was wondering if you know what type or partnumber > rear axle wheel bearings > I need ( or company to order) for my 1970 Chrysler > Imperial Le Baron. Sorry > but it is not the 2 door hdtp which I described for > the mailing list. > Unfortuantly it's a 4-door hdtp with a 440 cu/in. > And do you know how to remove the bearings from the > axle incl. retainer > rings etc? > > I hope you can help me! > > Thanks a lot. > > Best regards, > > Edwin de Bruijn. > Hi Edwin, If you hit REPLY to a message from Pete Engel, the message went to all 600 members. To write to an individual, you must hit REPLY and then put their email address into the TO: section in place of the MAILING-LIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx address. === Difference between the 2 and 4 door 1970 Imperial cars is cosmetic and on the outside so far as I know. The mechanical parts should be the same. They put a 2D car onto the same chassis that they put the 4D onto. Therefore the only parts that are most likely unique to your car (for the most part) should be sheetmetal behind the doors, side glass, trim around the top at the back, and maybe the seats and door panels/interior bits. Working on the car is a REPAIR, and there's all sorts of super info on the club website under that button - you're encouraged to check there. www.imperialclub.com Buying PARTS needed during your REPAIR can be made easier once again by looking at the club website under the PARTS section, where we've listed every vendor that we know of, and hopefully enough to allow you to locate the parts that you need easily. Bearings should not be a problem and should not be very expensive. Also: We have not yet posted the 1966-1972 FEILD SERVICE MANUALs on the website. This is the service book that covers everything on your car that is invaluable if you are going to do or have any work done on your car. These manuals should cost no more than $60. The club has almost every service manual for every year already scanned, and we are in the process of working on them. 1970 has not been claimed and still needs help if you have spare time and want to get online access to it sooner. I suspect that the general pricipals on the rear-end are covered in the 1973 manual that is posted, and that would be a great place to start reading/looking at diagrams. Also of interest would be the MASTER TECHNICIANS SERVICE CONFERENCE, an alternate training system for mechanics put out by Chrysler, since there are booklets on rear-ends and rear axles that are realy super for learning how to do this work (much better than FSM, I think). To access these, go to LITERATURE on www.imperialclub.com and look at the REPAIR LITERATURE for that sort of thing as well as part numbers (if we have them for your car). The website recently exceeded 25,000 pages. There is a LOT to see there, and this is an excellent archive. If you want to navigate it more efficiently, and we've tried hard to make it easy to navigate, you can use the ARCHIVE SEARCH button. You can type things in and get responses, but with so much stuff across so many years, it sometimes isn't as fast as just knowing where things are on the site. Welcome aboard and don't be bashful about asking specific questions about your rear end. You will get farther faster with more detail in your questions. -Kenyon PS - Don't be shy about owning a 4-door! Many, many others here do too! Since they only made 250 1970 2-doors, there aren't many people that can claim to own one, much less have seen one in person - that's why folks (me anyway) get excited to hear about someone that might have one. These are luxury cars, and 4-doors are the standard on American luxury cars of the 20th centrury. Luxury is having 3 other doors for your buddies and family and not having to share yours!!! Kenyon Wills __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ----------------- http://www.imperialclub.com ----------------- This message was sent to you by the Imperial Mailing List. Please reply to mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and your response will be shared with everyone. Private messages (and attachments) for the Administrators should be sent to webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To UN-SUBSCRIBE, go to http://imperialclub.com/unsubscribe.htm