Swamp Donkey Progess

[Reckless]

its where the caliper floats

[JB]

Going with teh GM outers is going to cost me too much. I played with it today and started drilling my Ford spindles to work. The edge of one hole will overlap the edge of another hole, but I will still be able to get use a stud and nut. I realize this is a little ghetto, but I hope it works, as it will save money.

For the passenger side, what about mounting the drag link and tie rod on the same bolt? I thnk I have seen that done before with no issues. Just stack misalignment washers to seperate the heims. There is room to drill another hole, but I would rather not.

[tigweld]

better be one badarse bolt with that much leverage, or make a custom spacer for the middle

[RCcola55]

i was thinking about doing the same thing on my xj, but possibly figre out a way to weld a brace onto the knuckle to try and make it double shear, basiclly hiem knuckle hiem brace

[bcolman]

i was thinking about doing the same thing on my xj, but possibly figre out a way to weld a brace onto the knuckle to try and make it double shear, basiclly hiem knuckle hiem brace

something like this? http://pirate4x4.com/forum/showpost....&postcount=668

[RCcola55]

ya similiar but actually welding to the knucles since i wont be using highsteer arms, but in john cas do the same but one uner the arm and one above

[JB]

I got the Solid knuckles installed finally. Had to get a stud/nut kit from SOlid because the typical spindle stud/nut kit for GM will not work. Just need to order the expensive stuff now. Shafts, u-joints, spindles, hubs, flanges, rotors, calipers, bearings.

I have the high steer arms marked and ready to be drilled. I do not have a drill press, really just hopeing a machine shop will knock it out. Anywhere besides Vilas? I guess Cooks could do it.

[RCcola55]

i can probably do it on the drill press at work, but i would recommend buying a good 3/4in bit from mack to do it with

[JB]

knuckles installed.

[Eckert]

it sill doesn't make any sense to me why SOLID would want you to convert to GM outters?

and what was the issue with redrilling your stock spindles to work?

[agjohn02]

I got the Solid knuckles installed finally. Had to get a stud/nut kit from SOlid because the typical spindle stud/nut kit for GM will not work. Just need to order the expensive stuff now. Shafts, u-joints, spindles, hubs, flanges, rotors, calipers, bearings.

I have the high steer arms marked and ready to be drilled. I do not have a drill press, really just hopeing a machine shop will knock it out. Anywhere besides Vilas? I guess Cooks could do it.

custom fab, accurate machine

[Sharpe]

Brazos Valley Driveline would probably be worth a call as well.

[uglyota]

PM krebs?

[JB]

it sill doesn't make any sense to me why SOLID would want you to convert to GM outters?

and what was the issue with redrilling your stock spindles to work?

Hard to explain, but the Solid knuckle is 'narrower' than a stock Ford knuckle. The spindle mounting surface is about 1/2"-3/4" closer to the center of the truck. No big deal until you look at a Ford 60 spindle vs. a GM 60 spindle.

gm

ford


The backside of the Ford spindle that slides into knuckle extends too far, contacting the axle shaft, which means you can not fully bolt down the spindle b/c it is just pushing on the shaft.

[Eckert]

would TTB spindles work?