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?

 

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.

What is being investigated?  It's not obvious.

2 hours ago, Zed Head said:

What is being investigated?  It's not obvious.

We'll never know if he's wrong.

 

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.

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?

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!

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.

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!

You don't like the four lug wheel options?

I think I like the five lug options better.

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

So thinking about projects that still need attention... I still am am looking for a front spindle. Anyone got something laying around?