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Joey wrote:Just one question, if I want to order parts like control arm bushings and stuff like that I can order everything from a vega or monza right?
If I enter the pontiac astre on rockauto I find half the stuff as if I search on the Vega or Monza.
hammerdown7 wrote:You won't be able to use the insides of the S10 rear end in the Astre if it has the stock rear axle. The 1975 Astre came with a 6.5 rear axle, the S10 has either a 7.5 or 7.625 depending on the year. In 1976 the Vega/Astre rear suspension changed from a four link to a torque arm design, all Monza/etc. came with the torque arm. See this site for some answers, http://www.v8monza.com/rearaxle.htm
You can use the entire S10 rear axle if it was from a 2WD, it is just about the same width as the Astre axle. You would need to take the trailing arm mounts off the Astre and weld them as well as the coil spring mounts onto the S10 axle. The S10 used leaf springs, that is the reason you would have to use the coil spring perches.
Dick
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