Recent content by DANKFAB

They had to be heat treated to be able to be sucessfully welded when they were extended. I am sure I had beat my truck pretty hard that day(Pole Line at 50mph and no slowing down) I did jump it quite a bit that morning but the jump that broke it wasn't the biggest jump of the day, but my last...

No to defend his shotty work on the first spindle, but there is 90% coverage of the original cast spindle, so I think I can limp it for a few weeks on this bandaid until he gets me a usable product made correctly. He knows what he did was wrong and he will fix it. I paid for a kit that works...

My fabricator made the mistake of believing the stock spindlesfrom chevy were forged, and proceeded in the fab. When in fact they were cast POS. If he will not find a setup to rebuild to the same dimensions with a forged spindle, I will contact a "real fab shop" to fix his mistake. Nonetheless...

How is that a rip off? I know guys who pay $5gs for a Ibeam ranger front end? And actually I have stated that I built everything BUT the front arms and spindles. I did not know he used cast otherwise I would have not wanted it built that way. It was to reuse stock brakes mounts and rotors, but...

I would if I had CAD access, but I don't. Plus the guy who built them should fix them the right way, not me. I paid $3000 for the arms and spindles and they should be done correct and strong. I don't have time to do it on my own.

I cannot find AFCO anywhere? Who are they? What exactly do they sell, spindle parts or custom spindles complete?

what is a good spindle to use for modification, that has good brakes, and beefy construction? And forged of course! Can I just go to the SCP order catalog, and get something from them? Or go junkyard?

The guy who built em is gonna come over and take a looksee. And appartantly fix em and build me new ones. He claimed these are forged stock S10 spindles. I just called Chevy and they said all GM spindles any year, make model....are cast. So now I got my answer. Do I let him build new ones? Or...

I will Tig weld it back together if i keep these ones, but I am not sure about how to pre and post heat it. Where would I do that, an oven? Would it be more time consuming than if I just had a fab shop jig up my spindles and rebuild new forged ones? I planned on running a gusset from top to...

So basically if I welded it back on it would be worthless even if I gusseted it top and bottom? Only a small part of the spindle was kept to allow for the brake mounts and spindle nut. the gusset I would put in there will run the length of the spindle, triangulating the steering arms upper and...

1/4" steel plate and a stock S10 spindle for caliper mounts. He used a Millermatic 220, I think the spindles are cast, so thats why it didn't penetrate as well. PLus there were not gussets.

And the under side crack of the steering arm

Pic of the passenger side crack on top

Pic2 of the spindle

Ok heres the pics of the snapped steering arm and the spindle. As you can see it was a clean break. just welds coming loose. had there been something to brace the top and/or bottom, It may have been just fine. NO BINDING has occurred, I don't know how bad I stressed that before in another topic...