spindle gussets? anyone running them?

[troyboy162]

Im interested because ive gone to 35" tires and worry about the added leverage ive put on the componets. from the reading ive done i now understand that the spindle arm is pretty much stress free and floating between your two ball joints until your suspension bottoms out.

for the money id just get them since they are so cheap but my tire may not have enough clearance if they were installed.

has anyone been running and have experience or not running them without incident?

these nice total chaos ones are what im currently interested in
http://www.chaosfab.com/product/accessories/tacotund/59697.jpg

[Seanz0rz]

i won a set at the jambo last year but havent put them on. i need to find someone who can weld them on for me, as im a bit scared of doing it myself to a major suspension component that could fail if i did it wrong.

for the price, i think they are totally worth it, though i have not heard or seen any failures of the upper mount.

[YotaFun]

I too won a set the year I went to Pismo.
Like Sean I for the same reasons haven't put them on.

I have had no issues without them on so I think that's why I have been procrastinating...

[corax]

It's forged, not cast, correct? From what I gather, the way to do it is to toss the sindle in an oven or grill and get them as hot as you can (evenly, of course, no torches) before pulling it out, welding and then back in the oven for a slow cool down.

[Scuba]

I could make a set of those with 10 dollars in material. They wouldn't be dimple died and whatnot though.

Just saying.

[Seanz0rz]

It's forged, not cast, correct? From what I gather, the way to do it is to toss the sindle in an oven or grill and get them as hot as you can (evenly, of course, no torches) before pulling it out, welding and then back in the oven for a slow cool down.


pretty sure you are right about the forging.

still, i dont think my fiance nor wife would be all too happy about me putting spindles in the oven.

biggest thing for me is, when you remove the ball joint, you usually end up destroying it, same for the wheel bearing, and mine are brand spankin new (well as of a couple of years ago, still not a job i want to do again)

[corax]

still, i dont think my fiance nor wife would be all too happy about me putting spindles in the oven.


Sean, dude, I didn't know you were into Mormon Fundamentalist groups? :flipoff:

[Seanz0rz]

bugger.

yeah one wife is plenty for me...

i meant something like:

fiance nor mother
wife nor mother
better half nor mommy dearest
woman with hand to hand combat training nor woman with a cast iron frying pan

its sunday, its hot, ive had a stressful weekend and im tired. leave me alone.

[4x4mike]

bugger.

yeah one wife is plenty for me...

i meant something like:

fiance nor mother
wife nor mother
better half nor mommy dearest
woman with hand to hand combat training nor woman with a cast iron frying pan

its sunday, its hot, ive had a stressful weekend and im tired. leave me alone.


:lol:

I saw that too. Oven? No problem. It's events like using the kitchen sink as a parts soaker, dish washer as a parts cleaner, bath tub as... well you get the picture. Some how my wife saw the picture of me using my skid plate as a door stop (just checking) and grilled me about why I had it in the house. Best was when we moved in and she wanted to change the toilet seats. One was so suck on there I got to run air house through the house and use a cut off wheel and air hammer to remove it.

[troyboy162]

hmm all this talk of ovens and stuff. theres no way this could just be tacked top and bottom and then slowly fill in the rest over the course of an hour or so?

is the worry weakening the metal of warping it?

[4x4mike]

Without busting out my materials book here is an answer that gives the just. Different materials but sheds some light on methods and why.

http://www.lincolnelectric.com/knowledge/articles/content/castironpreheat.asp

[BruceTS]

They are forged casting and you can safely weld on them with no issues. I MIG welded mine, then did some clearancing for my 35's.