Fabricating Spindles - How hard / $$$ ?
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Fabricating Spindles - How hard / $$$ ?
Could I conceivably fabricate a new set of front spindles for a relatively cheap cost? I know that the 4th gen f-body's have an inferior wheel bearing design, and to upgrade to some brakes requires notching the existing spindle and attaching a bracket ... I just don't like the idea much. What about just fabricating, from scratch, a better spindle? That way it's built around a better bearing and would have the brake setup i want already engineered in ?
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It would be pretty tough aside from maintaining the correct steering geometry you'd have to figure out what to make it out of theres a few different ways but unless your a professional fabricator and have the tools it would be pretty much out of reach.... I had the Brembo turismo kit on my can and bought the stuff already mounted on the spinles and it didnt look to difficult I also mounted a set Of Wilwood's on my 70's spindles and that was a little more difficult just because you have to be pretty accurate with a few hole and tapping... I do that kind of stuff everyday at work so it was pretty easy WITH the right tools...