I took the car in for an alignment a while back due to the passenger side tire wearing badly on the outside and the car pulling to the right. The guy who owned the shop came out and asked me if I'd ever hit a curb or anything cause he couldn't get the passenger side within specs. I told him I hadn't but I had hit a really big pot hole a while back. The guy said he thought the spindle was probably bent but he got it as close as he could to straight up and down (-0.5 camber, I think) and set the driver's side the same. My question is if the spindle is bent will it be noticeably bent or is it something that needs to be measured with special equipment? Also, what do you guys think the best way would be to get a new spindle if I need one? I don't want to go through the dealership. Thanks.

 

I saw someone selling some a couple days ago on here. Do a search.

 

Does anyone know of an aftermarket outlet? I hate to support my local stealership.

 

FWIW -.5 camber is a good thing. -1.5 is a more performance oriented alignment that will not ware tires unusually. Or do you mean he couldn't get more negative camber?

As far as replacements, they are frequently 4 sale here used if you need.

 

Yours is bent with little impact ... chances are about 50/50 that a used one will be bent.

I buy a lot of them and install them on CMC 4th gen road race cars. About 1/2 are bent when I get them.

And I've bent my share as well.

About the only way to tell if a knuckle is bent is by measuring camber sweep on an alignment machine.

 

What's up with that? Why the hell do they bend so easily?

I'm going to buy new ones, and powdercoat them. But what a pain in the ***.

We need some nasty custom billet spindels

 

I think it has to do with the wheel offset.

If you look, there is a nasty "s" type bend so that the hub and brake package gets tucked inside the wheel. Probably the only way to get a V8 in the platform and maintain a reasonable track width

 

You can pick up one at one of the local chain parts store for about $120