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04-17-2002, 11:05 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Farmington, N.M.
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Drop Spindles???
I have a 71 SWB that I bought off of EBAY a few months ago. The thing has been lowered a little bit, but I'm not sure how much. It is a rear coil truck. The rear has 2 inch blocks, but I am not sure if the front was lowered by spindles or springs. I want to lower it more, but I don't want to buy new spindles if I already have drop spindles. Is there any way to tell by inspecting the spindles if they are drop spindles or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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04-18-2002, 12:14 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Grapevine, Tx.
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Best advice would be to compare to a stock truck.
or Take to someone who is familiar with these trucks. If they are drop spindles they are probably a whole lot cleaner that the originals would be, (maybe your spindles are cleaner than mine) Drop spindles are the best way to go on a drop front end. By just installing springs throws out the geomtry of the suspension and makes for bouncy steering. Try this link these guys sell dropped spindles: http://www.earlyclassic.com/ ------------------ John Hutchison Grapevine,Texas 76051 71 1/2 ton swb 307 pg 69 Jaguar XK-E 4.2 Roadster
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04-18-2002, 12:17 AM
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The spindles on the lowering spindles will look like they are almost centered in the casting between the ball joints. WES www.ClassicHeartbeat.com
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04-18-2002, 09:44 AM
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RIGHT. Stock spindle center is toward the bottom, and drop spindle center is in the middle. If the back is just blocks, I would guess you don't have spindles. They probably lopped a coil off. Cheap way around doin it right. Unfortunatly it is usually the way people do it. Sad cause you can buy a good set of drop spindles for $160 and keep correct ride geometry, and you can still align it.
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