Zip Corvettes USA
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Hunting for a front wheel bearing on the web (ABS sensor gone) and came across these guys.
They seem to be doing a lot of Vette pattern parts at reasonable prices - the Timken bearings (the guys that make the OEM bearings for Corvette) are coming in at a reasonable price compared to the AC Delco parts.
Anyone bought parts from them to ship to the UK? The streetmap pic shows a car park full of Vettes.
http://www.zip-corvette.com/Default.aspx
They seem to be doing a lot of Vette pattern parts at reasonable prices - the Timken bearings (the guys that make the OEM bearings for Corvette) are coming in at a reasonable price compared to the AC Delco parts.
Anyone bought parts from them to ship to the UK? The streetmap pic shows a car park full of Vettes.
http://www.zip-corvette.com/Default.aspx
Cheers for that Brett.
I think I'll pass on the Keith option as nice a bloke as he is, as I am in a bit of a hurry for that and some Z51 rear sway bar bushes which look a bit old to get an MOT on the old girl.
Better go an mic up the bar diameter I guess... no idea what size it is but it is bloody thick.
Thanks again.
I think I'll pass on the Keith option as nice a bloke as he is, as I am in a bit of a hurry for that and some Z51 rear sway bar bushes which look a bit old to get an MOT on the old girl.
Better go an mic up the bar diameter I guess... no idea what size it is but it is bloody thick.
Thanks again.
Z06 said:
Hi Dave, are the rollbar end link going 'free' to any one ? Would give you a drink for them. (as long as good for 2002 Z06) Where abouts are you ? What else do you have ?
Thanks, Dale.
Free to vette ownersThanks, Dale.
But was kinda aimed at seefive.If he doesn`t need em your 2nd on the list.As far as i know c5 end links were plastic / nylon ,but changed to alloy in 2004.which is how i have these plastic one`s.I`ll pm seefive see if i can speed things up a bit.
Oh and Berkshire ,not a lot now few bit and bobs.
CHEERS.
V10 BAT said:
Z06 said:
Hi Dave, are the rollbar end link going 'free' to any one ? Would give you a drink for them. (as long as good for 2002 Z06) Where abouts are you ? What else do you have ?
Thanks, Dale.
Free to vette ownersThanks, Dale.
But was kinda aimed at seefive.If he doesn`t need em your 2nd on the list.As far as i know c5 end links were plastic / nylon ,but changed to alloy in 2004.which is how i have these plastic one`s.I`ll pm seefive see if i can speed things up a bit.
Oh and Berkshire ,not a lot now few bit and bobs.
CHEERS.
Hey matey pm me your addy or you can pick em up.
cheers
V10 BAT said:
Z06 said:
Hi Dave, are the rollbar end link going 'free' to any one ? Would give you a drink for them. (as long as good for 2002 Z06) Where abouts are you ? What else do you have ?
Thanks, Dale.
Free to vette ownersThanks, Dale.
But was kinda aimed at seefive.If he doesn`t need em your 2nd on the list.As far as i know c5 end links were plastic / nylon ,but changed to alloy in 2004.which is how i have these plastic one`s.I`ll pm seefive see if i can speed things up a bit.
Oh and Berkshire ,not a lot now few bit and bobs.
CHEERS.
Top Man!
V10 BAT said:
Nice bud,hope you get that car sorted asap.
Cheers Dave!Bits arrived on Monday, all present and correct and very good value and service from Zip Corvettes.
Hopefully will get them on the car tomorrow if I can get a couple of hours lunch from work - very easy job to do providing the penetrating oil I put on the bolts tonight does the job by tomorrow. Some of those bolts under the car have not been undone for 140,000 miles, so they could get an additional tap or two with a hammer once the socket (especially the bloody Torx) is located before attempting to turn them !!
V10 BAT said:
wd40 can be the difference eh.Glad ZIP came through for ya.
I dread to think what the job would have been like without a good dose of WD overnight and again half an hour before I started to get the tools out. Bushes were easy - half an hour, but the hub was something else - about 2 hours of careful but high exertion effort and swearing.
The T55 bolts on the front hub tightened on the way out straight after the torque was broken. Essentially the thread getting bunged with good potential to ruin the threads. All this whilst making sure the poxy splines on those T55s don't get nadgered too - why can't they user proper bolts that you can get hold of properly... grrr?
So, it was a case of break the initial torque, and after half a turn, wind it back, then out a little more, then back ad nauseum. Bloody tight all the way out, every bolt.
Still, all nicely cleaned and back together now, and my ABS / TC / Active Handling lights are all out as the error codes suggested (after I had sussed out the manual was wrong!!). MOT tomorrow. Fingers crossed - the old girl hasn't been in use since early May.
That looks somewhat more complex and expensive that my little Vette! An interesting challenge I imagine, and a car to aspire to for the rest of us.
I tend to agree with you on the satisfaction of DIY. Also, there was the complexity that nobody could diagnose the fault. The codes out of the computer were seemingly random, with the independents stumped and main agents talking about a new ABS unit at close to 2k. There was no way that I was going to do that until I could get back to basics, ignore the computer and run thru the wiring and stabilise the codes.
So as it turned out, after cleaning earth points, stripping out all the ABS connections and making sure contacts were good, resetting the DIC, I got a different code from each front wheel consistently. This confused me a bit, as it seems a bit unlikely for them both to fail at the same time given that I replaced one side a few years ago. Then I worked out that the manual was wrong, attributing a code to the wrong wheel! So both codes were on the same wheel after all as I would have expected.
So after that, it was all on one hub, so just to check the harness to the pigtails, I swapped the harness to see of the codes swapped sides with the harness change (they are susceptible to going). Codes remained in situ, and $249 later plus a bit if tax and shipping plus 8 quid for a Torx T55 socket, and it is all up again, and no codes. A bit better than giving the main agent £2k I think (and still having the fault afterwards).
It sailed thru the MOT today making my aching knees worthwhile. I am gonna order some brake pipe ends from the ABS to wishbones each side as although the passed the MOT, I do not like the look of them. Zip will be getting an order for some window regulators and an AC condenser when I get paid, and I can have some more fun out in the cold.
I tend to agree with you on the satisfaction of DIY. Also, there was the complexity that nobody could diagnose the fault. The codes out of the computer were seemingly random, with the independents stumped and main agents talking about a new ABS unit at close to 2k. There was no way that I was going to do that until I could get back to basics, ignore the computer and run thru the wiring and stabilise the codes.
So as it turned out, after cleaning earth points, stripping out all the ABS connections and making sure contacts were good, resetting the DIC, I got a different code from each front wheel consistently. This confused me a bit, as it seems a bit unlikely for them both to fail at the same time given that I replaced one side a few years ago. Then I worked out that the manual was wrong, attributing a code to the wrong wheel! So both codes were on the same wheel after all as I would have expected.
So after that, it was all on one hub, so just to check the harness to the pigtails, I swapped the harness to see of the codes swapped sides with the harness change (they are susceptible to going). Codes remained in situ, and $249 later plus a bit if tax and shipping plus 8 quid for a Torx T55 socket, and it is all up again, and no codes. A bit better than giving the main agent £2k I think (and still having the fault afterwards).
It sailed thru the MOT today making my aching knees worthwhile. I am gonna order some brake pipe ends from the ABS to wishbones each side as although the passed the MOT, I do not like the look of them. Zip will be getting an order for some window regulators and an AC condenser when I get paid, and I can have some more fun out in the cold.
Edited by SeeFive on Thursday 20th October 12:40
Hey thats the spirit,learn something and save a shed load of cash.
When i got my ZO6 it would throw a code for the abs,it would only do this
when you turned on the ignition and then slightly turn the steering wheel.
Guy i got it from was stumped but thought it may be the steering column position sensor and got me one.took out the whole column and replaced sensor.
Nope still getting a code as soon as you turned the wheel.
Checked the pinouts from the sensor all the way round to the abs module.
This is a large wiring harness and has lots of wires,i found 5 light blue wires yep all exactly the same colour,long story short these had been chopped and repaired,3 were good but two were reversed ,basically going to the wrong terminal number pin at the abs unit,$hit or bust that first turn of the key and wiggle the steering wheel .
Great satisfaction when the dash did not light up any codes.
Cars a we love em.cheers bud.
PS i do have a like new steering wheel position sensor if you ever need it
and yeah its free.
When i got my ZO6 it would throw a code for the abs,it would only do this
when you turned on the ignition and then slightly turn the steering wheel.
Guy i got it from was stumped but thought it may be the steering column position sensor and got me one.took out the whole column and replaced sensor.
Nope still getting a code as soon as you turned the wheel.
Checked the pinouts from the sensor all the way round to the abs module.
This is a large wiring harness and has lots of wires,i found 5 light blue wires yep all exactly the same colour,long story short these had been chopped and repaired,3 were good but two were reversed ,basically going to the wrong terminal number pin at the abs unit,$hit or bust that first turn of the key and wiggle the steering wheel .
Great satisfaction when the dash did not light up any codes.
Cars a we love em.cheers bud.
PS i do have a like new steering wheel position sensor if you ever need it
and yeah its free.
V10 BAT said:
great.....just great.As crap as it sometimes get`s you do get real satisfaction cleaning up,and bolting on new bits eh.
Good luck with the mot bud.
My last tinker with the latest toy.
What's the project you're working on in the photo?
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