 Raised spindles and wedge balljoints, Someone explain the difference in balljoints and struts |
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| stugray |
 Mar 11 2017, 12:55 PM
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I currently have my car lowered for racing.
Brant tells me that I will likely blow out a shock because I have almost zero travel left. I also need to add another ~1 degree of camber for the Hoosiers. So I want to buy the Elephant Racing offset (decambered) balljoints: http://www.elephantracing.com/suspension/b...14balljoint.htm They take the wedge bolt style of fastener. My car is a 71 so I assume that I have early spindles. One side of my car has the round bolt holding the balljoint in, the other side has the wedge bolt. The PO must have replaced just one balljoint. So if I want to install these balljoints on an early spindle, will that be a problem? And if I want raised spindles, would I be better off buying a set of late spindles to raise? I also learned that you can swap early versus late rotors, but you have to swap the calipers with them. So I currently have late rotors and calipers on the early strut/spindles. bdstone already gave me some advice but I figured I should some get some thoughts from others who have done this already. And does anyone have a set of late lowered spindles for sale? |
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| jcd914 |
Mar 13 2017, 12:44 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,081 Joined: 7-February 08 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 8,684 Region Association: Northern California |
From your description, it would seem you have different struts (1 early, 1 late).
But the pictures both look like late (wedge pin) struts. I don't see the split to clamp the ball joint in either of your pictures. If that is the case you need to pull out the "round bolt" and replace it with a wedge pin. If you actually have matching struts, you can send them to Racer Chris and get the spindles raised. If you have a mismatch, get another late wedge pin style and then get the spindles raised. Jim |
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| ChrisFoley |
Mar 13 2017, 07:30 AM
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I am Tangerine Racing Group: Members Posts: 7,937 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Bolton, CT Member No.: 209 Region Association: None 
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QUOTE(jcd914 @ Mar 13 2017, 02:44 AM)  From your description, it would seem you have different struts (1 early, 1 late). But the pictures both look like late (wedge pin) struts. I don't see the split to clamp the ball joint in either of your pictures. If that is the case you need to pull out the "round bolt" and replace it with a wedge pin. ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) A wedge bolt strut needs a wedge bolt ball joint and wedge bolt to work correctly. Mix and match will not work. |
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stugray Raised spindles and wedge balljoints Mar 11 2017, 12:55 PM
mepstein The two different ballpoints are not compatible. T... Mar 11 2017, 01:08 PM Mark Henry Lowered spindles is a misnomer, they are actually ... Mar 11 2017, 01:16 PM
stugray
[b]Lowered spindles is a misnomer, they are actua... Mar 12 2017, 02:13 PM Dave_Darling Sounds like you have one of each. Ditch the early... Mar 12 2017, 11:00 PM Mark Henry Did anyone mention you have two different struts ... Mar 13 2017, 11:52 AM stugray
Did anyone mention you have two different struts ... Mar 13 2017, 11:59 AM Racer Chris
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I think the PO replaced a late balljoint with... Mar 13 2017, 01:56 PM |
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