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05crewcab · 06-18-2010, 01:01 AM

I broke one of my original window cranks today...snapped right in two while rolling up the window...

So now I have to replace it. what is the quality of the LMC cranks? are they comparable to stock? I feel like for $4.95 each they'd be pretty cruddy...

tim21391 · 06-18-2010, 01:45 AM

the sell window cranks at autozone

LandonL · 06-18-2010, 01:49 AM

The cranks you'll buy from LMC are exactly the same repro's you can buy at Autozone, Pepboys, Oreilly's and Advance. Trust me, I bought the LMC ones and I thought I'd be getting an exact repro but I got the cheap store brand.. So save yourself on shipping.

mrein3 · 06-18-2010, 07:37 AM

20 years ago I worked in a service station. I installed ONE and only one of those cheap re-pops on a customer car. He came back the next day with the splines all stripped out in the middle.

Go to any swap meet and purchase one or two cranks. Just about everybody at the swap has a box full of them. A little elbow grease to clean them up and you'll be good to go.

If you need it now, look at some of the guys on the parts board. I bet they got boxes of them. Don't buy a non GM crank.

**BIG ORANGE** · 06-18-2010, 07:54 AM

And make sure yr windows are moving up and down freely!

05crewcab · 06-18-2010, 11:06 AM

Thanks for the advise guys. I am going to the Minnesota Back to the Fifties car show swap meet on Sunday, so hopefully I will get lucky. Otherwise parts board here i come!

Sinister · 06-18-2010, 11:11 AM

I got some from Wes at Classic Heartbeat. They look like the ones they replaced.

1972 Banana · 06-18-2010, 01:48 PM

The LMC ones do no hold up I have striped two in the last year! Definately make sure the windws are relatievly free moving. The GM ones have a better spline inside that engages better. Not sure of the regulator on my truck. PO might have changed it out to aftermarket but the splines on the regulator are tapered on the end, so it does not have full spline engagement with the LMC Handles!

05crewcab · 06-20-2010, 11:00 PM

I scored two cranks for a buck a piece at the swap meet. Thanks for your replies guys.

Codypaul · 06-20-2010, 11:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 05crewcab

I scored two cranks for a buck a piece at the swap meet. Thanks for your replies guys.

how was it? i had a couple of buddies from school down there that said it was kinda meh.

05crewcab · 06-21-2010, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Codypaul

how was it? i had a couple of buddies from school down there that said it was kinda meh.

It was OK... There was a LOT of stuff, but most of it was for older cars. I was also able to get a repop front fender upper side molding for $15 new...that was pretty good, and i thought i had a set of dog dish caps all lined up, but they were for a 1/2 ton. There were three truck parts vendors there, but they didnt have as much stuff as i would have liked.

The show was good as always. LOTS of really great pre 64 cars and trucks.

68C15 · 06-21-2010, 07:17 AM

on my truck the knobs fell off after only 35 years of use. I made new ones from 5/16 bolts and nuts.

06-18-2010, 01:01 AM	#1
05crewcab Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 409	LMC window cranks I broke one of my original window cranks today...snapped right in two while rolling up the window... So now I have to replace it. what is the quality of the LMC cranks? are they comparable to stock? I feel like for $4.95 each they'd be pretty cruddy... __________________ 1971 C-20 350/350

06-18-2010, 01:45 AM	#2
tim21391 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Salina, Kansas Posts: 1,998	Re: LMC window cranks the sell window cranks at autozone __________________ 1972 C-10...402/400..flowmaster 40 series 1967 Mustang 347 stroker/C-4 1966 Mustang 289/3-speed 2013 Mustang V6/6speed w/300 ponies I may be 23, but i sure do knows 67-72s are sexy! Its not MPG its smiles per gallon! build started 11/25/08 build thread: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s....php?p=2993796

06-18-2010, 01:49 AM	#3
LandonL Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Georgia Posts: 440	Re: LMC window cranks The cranks you'll buy from LMC are exactly the same repro's you can buy at Autozone, Pepboys, Oreilly's and Advance. Trust me, I bought the LMC ones and I thought I'd be getting an exact repro but I got the cheap store brand.. So save yourself on shipping. __________________ ---\| 1967 GMC Stepside \|-- 250 L6 .030 over ---\| 1985 Porsche 944/1 \|--- Build Thread: '67 GMC http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=378640

06-18-2010, 07:37 AM	#4
mrein3 Registered User Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Center City, MN, USA Posts: 3,254	Re: LMC window cranks 20 years ago I worked in a service station. I installed ONE and only one of those cheap re-pops on a customer car. He came back the next day with the splines all stripped out in the middle. Go to any swap meet and purchase one or two cranks. Just about everybody at the swap has a box full of them. A little elbow grease to clean them up and you'll be good to go. If you need it now, look at some of the guys on the parts board. I bet they got boxes of them. Don't buy a non GM crank. __________________ '70 cab, '71 chassis, 383, TH350, NP205. '71 Malibu convertible '72 Malibu hard top Center City, MN

06-18-2010, 07:54 AM	#5
BIG ORANGE Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Lancaster S.C. Posts: 4,767	Re: LMC window cranks And make sure yr windows are moving up and down freely! __________________ Things happen for a reason!

06-18-2010, 11:06 AM	#6
05crewcab Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 409	Re: LMC window cranks Thanks for the advise guys. I am going to the Minnesota Back to the Fifties car show swap meet on Sunday, so hopefully I will get lucky. Otherwise parts board here i come! __________________ 1971 C-20 350/350

06-18-2010, 11:11 AM	#7
Sinister Between Trucks... Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA. Posts: 3,830	Re: LMC window cranks I got some from Wes at Classic Heartbeat. They look like the ones they replaced. __________________ Beat it to fit, Paint it to match...

06-18-2010, 01:48 PM	#8
1972 Banana Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Moncks Corner SC Posts: 118	Re: LMC window cranks The LMC ones do no hold up I have striped two in the last year! Definately make sure the windws are relatievly free moving. The GM ones have a better spline inside that engages better. Not sure of the regulator on my truck. PO might have changed it out to aftermarket but the splines on the regulator are tapered on the end, so it does not have full spline engagement with the LMC Handles! Last edited by 1972 Banana; 06-18-2010 at 01:49 PM.

06-20-2010, 11:00 PM	#9
05crewcab Registered User Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Minnetonka, MN Posts: 409	Re: LMC window cranks I scored two cranks for a buck a piece at the swap meet. Thanks for your replies guys. __________________ 1971 C-20 350/350

06-21-2010, 07:17 AM	#12
68C15 blood type; Retumbo Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: next to my reloading bench Posts: 10,269	Re: LMC window cranks on my truck the knobs fell off after only 35 years of use. I made new ones from 5/16 bolts and nuts.



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