Steering: Dropped Spindles

[klifton1]

Does anyone make dropped spindles for a late Studebaker ?
Klif

[karterfred88]

Sorry, but due to the king pin/spindle design, there wouldn't be anywhere to- drop it to. Unlike cast ball joint spindles, they actually rotate on the king pin in a very small area.

[bensherb]

Usually with suspension of this design they use a dropped spindle carrier/upright. If anyone makes one I'd bet it would be Fatman Fabrication.

[Mike Van Veghten]

Klif -

You HAVE...the dropped spindles..!
Earlier uprights have the spindle about 1" lower...or in other words, the car will sit about 1" higher.

Mike

[brngarage]

Mike. Your comment implies that using later spindles on an earlier car would drop it about an inch. Correct?

[brngarage]

OK, what years are "earlier" and what years are "later"? Will they interchange without modification?

[Mike Van Veghten]

Howard -

First question - yes. While I haven't actually measured them, holding them side by side, looks to be about 1".

Second question - Not positive, but I believe about 62. And yes, everything else is the same, a bolt on for all 53 and up Studebakers. These uprights/spindles also have a "little" more caster built into them.

Mike

[brngarage]

Thanks Mike!

[JLB]

Contact Phil Harris at Fairborn Studebaker. He made a set of 2 inch lowered KingPins for me. They are installed on a '63 Avanti. Work great