CST spindel w/Titan Swap Ploblem Fixed

[rerlandson]

We took Black_Pearl's front end apart on Saturday to fix the issue with the cst frontier spindel on a titan swap. It is a very simple fix if you have not installed it yet. If you have you must completely tear the hole front end apart to do it. There is an extra lip in the spindel where the bottom and furthest most point of the lower control arm hits. Why cst made the spindel this way who knows, but you need to do this or you will have noises and posibly blow out balljoints. If you Grind it off and still have contact you may have to shave down a little bit of the LCA. Here are some pics.

[rerlandson]

Here are a few more.

[DeathByStereo]

awesome, thanks guys.

[Shinjari]

well i should be doing that shortly.

also...is that rust i see on the heim joint nut on your UCA?....you need to move away from the beach...all that salt water is bad for u lol.

[03SCRunner]

Looks like it was a pain; but fun How's it riding now?

[TerribleOne]

Originally Posted by Shinjari

well i should be doing that shortly.

also...is that rust i see on the heim joint nut on your UCA?....you need to move away from the beach...all that salt water is bad for u lol.

Yeah, I am not to pleased about it. Greg didn't have all of them when I went up to get my stuff, so he had to use a different nut. 3 of tehm are the right ones and were completely fine, but one is rusted as fu(k. Thats't ok though, I just painted it ...when it was all off I just repainted everything.

Don't hate SON! I am never moving. I am gonna live in my tiny house on he beach till California falls off into the ocean!

[Inyourface1650]

I cant wait, then I will have beach front property.

[TerribleOne]

Originally Posted by 03SCRunner

Looks like it was a pain; but fun How's it riding now?

Well, I have almost gotten everything straightened out that I broke over the weekend in Ocotillo. There is no way in hell that those things will have contact now though. Even without the uppers connected to the spindle and fully drooped there is no contact. I just need to get a new upper mount plate, bolt, and heim from Greg for the SwayAways and I'll be good to go I think. I even bent my coilbuckets back into shape for the most part.

Originally Posted by rerlandson

We took Black_Pearl's front end apart on Saturday to fix the issue with the cst frontier spindel on a titan swap. It is a very simple fix if you have not installed it yet. If you have you must completely tear the hole front end apart to do it. There is an extra lip in the spindel where the bottom and furthest most point of the lower control arm hits. Why cst made the spindel this way who knows, but you need to do this or you will have noises and posibly blow out balljoints. If you Grind it off and still have contact you may have to shave down a little bit of the LCA. Here are some pics.

Thanks for posting these up for eveyone! The wife had my camera up at Mammoth. If anyone else needs more detailed pictures or any information let me know, I am more than happy to help out.

[Shinjari]

wait....what do you need a new heim for?

[rerlandson]

Originally Posted by black_pearl

I even bent my coilbuckets back into shape for the most part.

The sludge hammer fabercation, when I saw you and my brother doing that I wanted to take a pic for everyone.