Front Spindle For Investigative Project

[Captain Obvious]

Anybody have a front spindle laying around they don't need? I only need one side, and it doesn't matter which side or which year. I just need the part where the hub mounts.

I'm thinking if someone was working on coil-overs and accidentally cut off the tube too short or something? Or if there was a car that was in an accident and the tube is bent? Or someone who couldn't get the gland nut off and the threads are totally ruined?

 

[lapriser]

I have a 3d scan of the front strut and spindle housing if that helps at all. I also have a damaged front passenger you could have but it's still on my parts car and could be a couple weeks before I can get some time to remove it.

[Zed Head]

What is being investigated?  It's not obvious.

[siteunseen]

2 hours ago, Zed Head said:

What is being investigated?  It's not obvious.

We'll never know if he's wrong.

 

[Captain Obvious]

LOL! Thanks guys. It's a double secret project that I'm working on.

But seriously, the short story is... I bought a cheap rotor off rock-auto. China's finest. And right out of the box, it's got over .010 runout. I was thinking that if I could figure out a way to fixture it ON a spindle and run it on wheel bearings, I could take a clean-up cut on it and bring it back to running true.

[Captain Obvious]

21 hours ago, lapriser said:

I have a 3d scan of the front strut and spindle housing if that helps at all. I also have a damaged front passenger you could have but it's still on my parts car and could be a couple weeks before I can get some time to remove it.

Thanks much! Scan isn't necessary, but your damaged passenger front sounds perfect.

What are the chances that you're not too far from Philadelphia?

[Zed Head]

Move the lathe to the car.  On-car-rotor turning is a thing.

And who checks their new rotors for runout?  That's not obvious either!  What's going on here!

[Captain Obvious]

Yes, I know about on-car rotor turning. But won't quite work for everything I need here.

Haha! And I'm sure you could guess that things aren't totally obvious on my end. I'm clearly jumping the gun a little, but here's a little of what's going on here.

[Captain Obvious]

On 9/9/2024 at 5:32 PM, siteunseen said:

We'll never know if he's wrong.

Hahaha!!! That's how I usually roll. Lurk in the shadows with this kind of stuff, but I'm getting pulled out into the daylight.  Aaaaaa!! It burns!

[Zed Head]

You don't like the four lug wheel options?

[Captain Obvious]

I think I like the five lug options better.

I'm just messing around with proof of concept at this point.