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Drop spindles hitting uca.

This is a discussion on Drop spindles hitting uca. within the Street forums, part of the General Discussion category; Just started putting new front end back together on 89 rcsb.I installed McGaughy's 2" drop coils and 2" drop spindles. ...

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    Drop spindles hitting uca.


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    Just started putting new front end back together on 89 rcsb.I installed McGaughy's 2" drop coils and 2" drop spindles. The problem is that when I let the lca down you can not turn spindle, it is hitting uca. I know it will not hit when I put wheels back on and put on ground.But is this normal with drop spindles? Or do I have a problem I need to fix now?

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    Re: Drop spindles hitting uca.

    What size wheels? The control arms need to be trimmed to clear depending on the wheel size. I had a 91 years ago and had to do this for the 15" wheels.
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    Re: Drop spindles hitting uca.

    Quote Originally Posted by 99zee View Post
    What size wheels? The control arms need to be trimmed to clear depending on the wheel size. I had a 91 years ago and had to do this for the 15" wheels.
    My mistake,i trimmed the lca's.It's not the wheels are hitting.The truck is up on stands while I put the front end back together.The upper control arm is hitting the top of the spindle when I let the lca down off jack.You can not move it without picking up on lca a little.This is my first drop and I did not know if this was normal or not.

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    Re: Drop spindles hitting uca.

    It's normal at full droop.

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    Re: Drop spindles hitting uca.

    Thanks. Just didn't seem right.

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    Re: Drop spindles hitting uca.

    Quote Originally Posted by kdhs10 View Post
    It's normal at full droop.
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