Djm suspension

[Lambchop76]

I recently purchased a complete djm 5/5 kit for my 87 silverado. The kit included 3" spindles, 2" coils, and a flip kit with shocks etc. upon installing the kit yesterday, we discovered that my brake calipers would not bolt back on. At all. So we massaged the ears on the spindle with a grinder a tad and got it to clear and bolt up. Then the caliper bolt were against the rotor. Also the brake line fitting from the caliper directed the brake line right into the top part of the spindle near the castle nut. So they would not of worked anyway. Has anyone ever had this issue? So we spent 8 damn hours putting new ball joints and 2" springs in my truck. Smh.

[KrazyRay]

I did the DJM 3" spindles about 5 months ago on my 87 and went through the same problems, but it worked out great in the end. You will need to redirect your brake line by carefully bending it or grinding the fitting to allow it to rotate.

[lolife99]

Tweaking the steel brake line (near the upper ball joint castle nut) is part of installing drop spindles.
Been doing it since my first set of spindle back in the 80's,...

[Lambchop76]

The brake line was the least of the problems. The ears where the calipers mount would not allow the caliper to be mounted. We ground them down with a grinder so it would slip in, but then the caliper bolt holes were off and the bolts were against the rotors.