Ball joint 2" lift spindles

[SamT]

[enjoyther1de]

Right on. Seems to penetrate pretty good.
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[sidehill]

I'm hoping to resurrect this thread to source 2" BJ lift spindles. I presently have a set of 3.5" Tweed lift spindles designed for disc brakes. They are just too tall for my Class 11 full-body look-alike. When I reindexed the rear to match the lift spindles it leaves me with no up travel. The problem was with shock travel, not the spring plates, as they are notched. My beam has adjusters but it is adjusted too high as it is.

So what I need are shorter lift spindles. Thing spindles are 3" and wider so I don't want to go that route. I don't see how the Tweeds can be modified, and apparently Tweeds is no longer in business.
Empi lift spindles break according to posts earlier in this thread.

Is there any source for strong 2" lift spindles? Or 1.5"

[sxuxrxf]

Scroll near the bottom of page 2 (click link below) of the other build thread for your car and you'll see how I built it. The recipe is there.

I had dimensions to the running boards, the amount of up travel and down travel. The rear shocks must be 18" long and 12" compressed. I had nitrogen charged FOA's that covered all the travel that the CV's would allow - regardless of spring plates or shocks. CV bind is your starting point. The spring plate notch allows for the full range of travel and to prevent a CV from grenading. The shocks must have more travel than the spring plates will allow or they will become a limiting strap or a bump stop. You'll reduce your travel in either direction with the wrong length shock.



I welded in the beam adjusters to be at stock height with the adjustment to increase ride height. Try adjusting them all the way down and see where it sits.

The car sat completely level with those spindles (and some lift adjusted in, but not much) and almost 4" of rear downtravel. That left 6" of compression travel from ride height.
Didn't you get the car with the Tweeds spindles in a box? Maybe the previous owner cranked the adjusters all the way up to regain the lift he lost by putting the stock spindles back on?



You just have to get it back to where I put it and I promise you that you will love it.
I NEVER had any suspension issues and it was extremely comfortable ride. Soft on the street, and could take any speed bump or driveway with ease. Never bottomed out, nor did it slam the lower stops due to not enough down travel. I got air in it many times and it was a marshmallow landing.

Like we've discussed in detail...it was dialed and all you have to do is undo what the guys before you did. All the changes that you've been making are well within the travel limits that I designed the car for. I just don't understand how you could have these issues with LESS travel than I built.

I had larger tires and more travel and more lift than when you purchased it...and NO issues.
From what you've told me, I believe you ended up with a combination of poorly chosen parts in the rear. Same CV's, axles, and probably the same 27mm torsion bars... but different spring plates, different trailing arms and different shocks.
Those are huge contributing factors to how well the rear will perform.



This is the one VW that I wish that I had never sold.


I'm sorry that you're having issues, but seriously, all you have to do is read my build threads to troubleshoot any suspension issue that you're having.
I can't imagine that repeating everything that I already did would yield different results. I did the research for you through my own trial and error. You just have to recreate it.


https://shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&...p;start=15

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[TDCTDI]

[dustymojave]

[Lotrat]

Or you can drill a hole.

I pushed the limits of a type 1 CV, but it's been ok for the past 10 years.

[Kustom1warehouse.net]

[dirtkeeper]

Those look good. How long have you been selling them and and out being used?

[Mickey bitsko]

I just purchased/received a pair of 3" raised spindles from kustom1 for my baja, I'm certainly no expert but they appear to be as good as they get, he also sells bearings and seals if you want to freshen up everything .

[Schepp]

I too have the K1W lift spindles. They are definitely a quality product. The welds are as good as they get. Damn near perfect. The Empi disc’s bolt up with no issues.
I went ahead a gusseted the steering arm before installing them. Kartek sells laser cut and CNC bent gussets for the steering arms.

The speedo cable is pretty tight at full droop. May delete that if it becomes a problem.

[BFB]