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user0815
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 Posted: Fri May 24, 2013 6:07 pm Post subject: Drop spindles for ball joint beam - one piece? |
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ghia drop spindles for a ball joint front beam, I did a little research and it seems that a vendor in Arizona , (Airkewled) offers solid forgings that are one piece ??
I read that most others sell two pieces, "pressed in" spindles - are these safe? Anybody had one of these fail ?? |
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JerryB
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The type of uprights you are looking at can be forged in one piece, or in two pieces and the spindles pressed in the upright assembly....even sheet weldments and with separate spindles. If made correctly and with proper heat treat all are good practice and usable. Even with a light street car you might want to have them Magnafluxed when you take them out of the box (or rice paper).
The operative word here is "correctly". |
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user0815
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I'm looking at some "made in the USA" drop spindles, supposed to be one piece forged for $200 shipped. The stock VW spindles are one piece so I think why get someting inferior that is two pieces pressed together???
Anybody bought these ball joint spindles from Airkewld ??? |
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Airkewld
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| Posted: Tue May 28, 2013 8:47 pm Post subject: |
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I'm looking at some "made in the USA" drop spindles, supposed to be one piece forged for $200 shipped. The stock VW spindles are one piece so I think why get someting inferior that is two pieces pressed together???
Anybody bought these ball joint spindles from Airkewld ??? |
For reference, our Link Pin Drum spindles are one piece forged, the Ball joint drum and disc application are two piece forged. The spindles have been made like that for at least 10 years with out a failure.
There are how ever, other two piece spindles that are cast bodies with forged spindle shafts. I have only heard of one failure of those, not that I have sold or actually seen but have heard of only one. The all cast versions, walk away, unsafe.
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user0815
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| Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 11:29 am Post subject: Re: Drop spindles for ball joint beam - one piece? |
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Follow up/review: bought these from Airkeweld and these spindles seem to be excellent quality. Got the Ghia on the road since then and put quiet a few miles on it, no problems.
The spindles I got do not have the threaded holes to mount the backing plates, I used the backing plate as a template and drilled my own holes and tapped for M6, and yes, these are not just cast spindles, the drill tells the story.... |
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