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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 09:48 PM
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The fabtech spindles have the lower ball joint mount in a lower spot. The broken ones are
Ten inches between control arms and the fabtech are 13.5 inches between the upper and lower ball joint mounts. So it makes it have a positive camber and the control arms don't parelle eachother but I am tryig everything to make it work.
 
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 10:29 PM
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The fabtech and the ones I have are different. On The ones that are broken the Distance between the two ball joints is 10 inches and that keeps the control arms parelled to each other so the tires have no camber issues. The distance between the fabtech ball joints is 13
Inches so that drops the lower control arm Down forcing the bottom of the tire outward causing camber issues So I don't know if I can make it work out but seriously thanks to everyone for their input amd advice
 
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Old Apr 22, 2012 | 11:48 PM
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After an alignment, you will have no camber issues. The fabtech spindles are meant to be paired with those control arms, so it should work out better than before. It seems as if whoever built those spindles designed them poorly and didn't get the proper measurements. Which is obvious since you claim they've failed without any serious abuse.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 12:03 AM
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Yup and besides spindles won't alter your alignment in a negative way, so once you get one it'll all be okay. Basic suspension.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 01:30 AM
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They broke because of misalignment/binding. I hope you weren't on the xpresway doing 80 MPh. LOL
 
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 01:35 AM
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Haha luckily they didn't break while goin fast like 15
Mph on a soft turn in a residential area there was no body damage or anything. The previous owner got real lucky
 
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Jarrod1972
The previous owner got real lucky
Or was just smart and knew something was bound to happen so he got rid of it before he had to shell out extra cash.

SN: Those spindles looked real sketchy to me.
 
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Old Apr 23, 2012 | 10:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Buxton91
Or was just smart and knew something was bound to happen so he got rid of it before he had to shell out extra cash.

SN: Those spindles looked real sketchy to me.
This sounds more likely. The spindles don't look good at all, and it sounds more like he knew it was gonna fail soon so he sold it off to someone else who wouldn't know exactly what to check on the suspension integrity wise and that happened to be the OP unfortunately.
 
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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 08:31 AM
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Believe I would order the complet lift kit and replace the old, as it is screwedto the floor. You have what seems to be a mismatch of parts, maybe an experiment of significance. A complete migrane relief performance enhancer.

Not all ideas are good ideas. Some are just plain dumb. Knowledge grows from test failures. Nothing ventured, nothing gained. Painful memories. Someone worked very hard to create a PITA for you. Shear genious. Incredible talent waisted. LOL
 

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Old Apr 24, 2012 | 10:14 AM
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The only thing that looks out of place is the spindles not the whole kit^.
 
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Old Apr 25, 2012 | 02:19 AM
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I literally just got it back together all legit and all fabtech parts I'll get the pics up soon. The guy I got it from is the kinda guy who wants something because it looks cool and when it broke he offed it for somethin else that looks cool. Thanks for all the input to get me headed in the right direction.
 
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