custom made drop spindles?

[outriding]

I'm thinking about getting some drop spindles made to lower the front end.
I have some questions: 
1- Should I have them made from scratch?
2- Should I have the stock spindles modified?
3- Are the spindles the same on mk1s, facelifts and mk2s?
4- How much drop are the ones available in AU?
5- Any recommendations?


Can someone post up a photo of a drop spindle?

[outriding]

By the way, this is how high the van is with stock 195CR14 tires:

[petrolhead]

SCARY not something I would like to try. Whats your life worth? People that make dropped spindles have to go through rigourous testing to make sure they are[size=20pt]"SAFE"[/size] even after all this they can still fail without warning, this has happened with a certain brand

[obsession]

will post some pix tomorrow

[vintageholden]

http://www.rodshop.com.au/stub_axles/stub_axles.htm

http://www.stubtech.com.au/products/dropped-stub-axles.html

[outriding]

SCARY not something I would like to try. Whats your life worth? People that make dropped spindles have to go through rigourous testing to make sure they are[size=20pt]"SAFE"[/size] even after all this they can still fail without warning, this has happened with a certain brand

I understand what your saying. I am not going to make them myself, I will have someone qualified to make them.

It would be interesting to see pics of those ones that failed that your talking about. That way we can identify the week spot and reinforce it!!
The final product should be stronger than the stock.

[Dano]

I have written a bit of a letter to Stub Tech , requesting a new line for the Beddie , see how we go, i'll let you know

[vintageholden]

contacted stubtech...they sent me this

Hi Keith,
   We don't make drop axles for CF Bedfords but many people have adapted our
Holden axles in,  from memory (and its over 6 years since I had anything to
do with Bedfords) the top arm had the Holden balljoint fitted and the axles
were reamed to take the Bedford bottom joint.  Commodore brakes fit straight
onto our axles and were much better than the Bedford brakes.  I can now only
supply the axles at $775.00 a pair including GST and the rest would be up to
you.
Regards
Rod

[outriding]

That's 565 euros...  not cheap at all...

[ben]

seriously consider a different way of lowering beddy.

here is what i will do when it comes time i want to lower a beddy,

cutinto the chassis, lower body down, re weld, strenthen with something substacial, put lwb springs in to stiffen up front.


yoy could get shorter springs, then move wishbones to compensate. plenty of ways.

or... graft a different front end into yor van.

jack up your van and stare at it for 12 hours and im sure youll think of plenty of other ways.

stub axels should not be tampered with and i would look at a way to do it while using orig ones.



ben