Drop spindles help.....

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Drop spindles help.....
chilnviln avatar
chilnviln
+1y
stock LCAs are fine. how low are you? what size tires? any rubbing and/or grinding when driving?
deucedeuce avatar
deucedeuce
+1y
I was pretty low cranked my torsions down max. And I'm running stock Mazda rims 14s with 185/60/14. No rubbing or grinding not that I know of
chilnviln avatar
chilnviln
+1y
did you cut off the bumpstop mount? thats the only thing I can think of why you cant go lower. I'm lowered all torsions and had to cut off the mounts.
mazdaman82 avatar
mazdaman82
+1y
did you trim the shock tower so the top arm can swing pass...
deucedeuce avatar
deucedeuce
+1y
I took out my bumpstops.

I'm not sure what part you mean
chilnviln avatar
chilnviln
+1y
I borrowed this pic from one of the project trucks on here. this is the bump stop mount you have to cut off because it stops the lower control arm from moving up more. if you go much lower you can run into issues, as I have a small rubbing issue with my tie rod on sharp turns

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deucedeuce avatar
deucedeuce
+1y
I'll give it a try let you know the results
Thanks seem like that might be the problem
1hotdawg avatar
1hotdawg
+1y
Drive the truck up onto some ramps and get your head in there and see what's stopping it from dropping. If you've got drop spindles on there that BS bracket should not keep you from going lower...spindles won't move the control arm.

Or you could jack up the truck, put jack stands under it, and then jack up the suspension with the jack. Again, looking for what's interfering with it lowering like it should.

Jack her up and snap a picture of your set up and post it on here and we can probably help you quite quickly.

I thought my bumpstop bracket was in the way of my drop as well, but my problem was that the Toxic shocks I had were only made for like a 2" drop, so they were bottoming out. I now have the Summit Sport Truck labeled Doesche Tech shocks that are 7.5" compressed

Seriously, don't go cuttin until you know what the problem is for sure.
chilnviln avatar
chilnviln
+1y
I wasn't meaning to just cut it off without seeing the actual problem, although it doesn't hurt, but if the front end is dropped that much and it can still be driven the two possibles are shocks not short enough and bump stop mount.
1hotdawg avatar
1hotdawg
+1y
I know man, wasn't implying, just sharing my own experience. I thought my BS bracket was stopping me so I cut it off only find that it wasn't the problem. However, no I don't need the BS bracket anyway, but I really don't believe it is his problem, especially with spindles...he should be able to put the front end in the dirt for real with the spindles and that bracket probably still wouldn't be a problem.