ECE front disk brake/drop kit = wider front end!

[short-t]

Originally Posted by CG

Adding disks like you did widens the front around 3 inches. I believe stock the front is a little wider to begin with. CPP makes drop spindles that move the track in an inch and an eighth. Although its a pain, you may want to sell your ECE's and get CPP's. Not much else you can do. Im having the same difficulties with a truck Im putting together.

I sure wished ECE would have disclosed that their kit would widen the front end! Does the CPP spindles use the 1968 ball joints/tie rod ends?

[CG]

You're going to have to give them a call and get the exact specs.

ECE is a super reputable company, so Im not sure why it doesnt say that somewhere in the specs of their products.

Its not just their (ECE) drop spindle disk kit...its everyones. Even CPP's normal one does that. CPP just recently came out with the one that brings it back in a little over an inch.

[short-t]

Originally Posted by CG

You're going to have to give them a call and get the exact specs.

ECE is a super reputable company, so Im not sure why it doesnt say that somewhere in the specs of their products.

Its not just their (ECE) drop spindle disk kit...its everyones. Even CPP's normal one does that. CPP just recently came out with the one that brings it back in a little over an inch.

I was over at ECE site reading in the tech articles/drop spindles and found this sentence, Early Classic Drop Spindles are engineered to lower your truck 2½", allowing the maximum amount of front wheel backspacing on the market.

So does this mean that they push out the spindle so you can move the offset of the wheel out? I don't have the front clip back on the truck right now, how bad do you think it would look if I left it this way and used my 6 lug wheels?

[jbristo67]

Originally Posted by short-t

I was over at ECE site reading in the tech articles/drop spindles and found this sentence, Early Classic Drop Spindles are engineered to lower your truck 2½", allowing the maximum amount of front wheel backspacing on the market.

So does this mean that they push out the spindle so you can move the offset of the wheel out? I don't have the front clip back on the truck right now, how bad do you think it would look if I left it this way and used my 6 lug wheels?

Prob a little rough. I know GM widened the rears to match the widths of the front ends.

[DrtyJack75]

Originally Posted by short-t

I was over at ECE site reading in the tech articles/drop spindles and found this sentence, Early Classic Drop Spindles are engineered to lower your truck 2½", allowing the maximum amount of front wheel backspacing on the market.

So does this mean that they push out the spindle so you can move the offset of the wheel out? I don't have the front clip back on the truck right now, how bad do you think it would look if I left it this way and used my 6 lug wheels?

There's a considerable difference in the width (kind of hard to tell in a picture, tried to find pictures at same angle)....I was thinking the same thing but it's easily fixed with backspacing (if you plan to get new wheels) Here's a picture of my truck Pre-ECE Lowering and After...Im very happy with mine!





So much as my buddy saying that wasnt the original rearend for this truck and it had to of been changed my previous owner....lol....Hopefully this helps a bit...

[willyCJ]

I heard a few years back that a wider front axle vs. rear axle makes a vehicle stable. The solutions mentioned above are all sound imo.

[jbristo67]

Originally Posted by short-t

I sure wished ECE would have disclosed that their kit would widen the front end! Does the CPP spindles use the 1968 ball joints/tie rod ends?

McGauphys does and didnt widen my front end at all as far as i can tell but then again i am running a 72 rear

[short-t]

Originally Posted by jbristo67

McGauphys does and didnt widen my front end at all as far as i can tell but then again i am running a 72 rear

The 72 rear is wider? I did not know that, maybe I could swap out the rear end with a later model one? How wide is the 72 rear?

[jbristo67]

Dont know for sure. Its like 1 3/4 or 2 wider than the 67-mid 70