What would happen if i mixed up my spindles?

[Tagar89]

Like if i put the left on the right and the right on the left?

Thomas

[darthwall]

your wheels end up sitting farther back it makes turning harder and wear tires alot faster probably hit inner fenders it's no good

[Tagar89]

so the caster would be off. How can i tell between the sides?

[darthwall]

the arms will kinda slope back looking from where the engine is. front of the truck arms angled back. back of the arms will look straight if this helps

[Tagar89]

Will my tie rodds hook upalright? Could you tell from a pic. I took apart my front suspension re doing it and forgot to mark them

[69 longhorn]

Originally Posted by Tagar89

Like if i put the left on the right and the right on the left?

Thomas

It wont work, it would put your steer linkage BEHIND the crossmember instead of in front... crazyAl

[darthwall]

post up a pic from the top and the front

[68GMCCustom]

It wont work, it would put your steer linkage BEHIND the crossmember instead of in front... crazyAl

....unless they were reversed and upside down?

[69 longhorn]

Originally Posted by 68GMCCustom

....unless they were reversed and upside down?

Amen brother! If he is talking the top A arms, yes they can be mixed up Upside down on the spindles would also cause some serouis ball joint issues... crazy Al

[lilpoindexter]

Originally Posted by 68GMCCustom

....unless they were reversed and upside down?

But the taper on the spindles wouldn't match the tie rods

[lolife99]

Brake caliper bolt on the top,... behind the centerline of the spindle.
Make sure you get the steering centerlink and tie rods assembled correctly, also.

[Tagar89]

****ty pic, idk if it helps.

[Tagar89]

Thats the passanger side, i cant take anymore pics because its at school.

[69 longhorn]

Originally Posted by Tagar89

Like if i put the left on the right and the right on the left?

Thomas

Post a pic if you can.....I think we have a couple "clowns " playin Me included There is no way in he!! that you can swap the spindles side to side & make the linkage hook up. If you swapped the top a arms side for side, you will run into the problem that darthwall mentioned...a pic is worth 1000 words, & we will help crazyAl

[Tagar89]

Look up bro

[69 longhorn]

Where is the steering knuckle? Not on yet, or is it facing rear?

[darthwall]

switch sides out thats the wrong way

[Tagar89]

ITs not on yet

[69 longhorn]

Its been a while since I played with drum brakes, but I think that knuckle only bolts on 1 way. check your pcs, the knuckle needs to be foward, to hook all the steer linkage.

[Tagar89]

ITs on as of now, along with a couple other things but this is the most recent pic. I noticed from a previous pic that i had the steering knuckle upside down. If you cant tell from the pic or asking me questions dont worry about it. I might go to school early tomorrow or monday to update the pic. Just tell me what you want a pic of

[Tagar89]

ok what i did when it comes to the knuckle was put the other side on, there for the round part went around the tie rod bolt. But form looking at this pic i noticed i did it all wrong.

But im still a little worried about the spindle

[darthwall]

good catch I didn't understand completely the question

[Tagar89]

All in all if i get it wrong it will show up of the 30k$ alignment machine we have at school lol, i just dont want to go back and correct it

[LONGHAIR]

Tagar89,
For future reference, it helps a lot to give more information in the first place.
If you had stated the year, model, drum brakes, etc... Many of these questions would never have happened, and you would have gotten more pertinent responses much quicker.

[lolife99]

Originally Posted by LONGHAIR

Tagar89,
For future reference, it helps a lot to give more information in the first place.
If you had stated the year, model, drum brakes, etc... Many of these questions would never have happened, and you would have gotten more pertinent responses much quicker.

x100
This applies to most suspension questions.