DJM Spindles, Track width question - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

edflores · 12-24-2012, 01:56 AM

How much do djm spindles increase track width?
I have a 78 c10, Zd and has uniball arms with some drop built in, so I lay out, but I was going to add drop spindles to help with alignment, and maybe go 26s.

SCOTI · 12-24-2012, 09:59 AM

Drop spindles typically add about 3/8"-1/2" to the track width vs a factory disc brake spindle (depending on the tape measure

).

edflores · 12-24-2012, 07:23 PM

You sure? I have heard like an inch per side on some people

SCOTI · 12-24-2012, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by edflores

You sure? I have heard like an inch per side on some people

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3/8"-1/2" to the track width vs a factory disc brake spindle

Were they talking about drum or disc spindles? Of all the disc vs disc spindles I've swapped, I've never seen a 1" increase. I've used Bell Tech, Western Chassis, DJM, & AIM products....

**lolife99** · 12-25-2012, 02:58 PM

It's all irrelevant.
If you can use a drop spindle to get an easy 2", 2.5", or 3" drop.

Most of the people worried about track width are trying to use the wrong wheel (backspace) for this extreme drop.

CPP Modular spindles are the ones to use if you want the narrowest track width,... with only a 2" drop.

I've never seen any documented info (with pics),... that compare track width differences of the following:
1) drum spindles
2) stock disc spindles
3) standard drop spindles
4) CPP Modular Spindles

Drop your truck.
Order your wheels.

12-24-2012, 01:56 AM	#1
edflores Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside CA Posts: 860	DJM Spindles, Track width question How much do djm spindles increase track width? I have a 78 c10, Zd and has uniball arms with some drop built in, so I lay out, but I was going to add drop spindles to help with alignment, and maybe go 26s.

12-24-2012, 09:59 AM	#2
SCOTI Registered User Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: DALLAS,TX Posts: 22,064	Re: DJM Spindles, Track width question Drop spindles typically add about 3/8"-1/2" to the track width vs a factory disc brake spindle (depending on the tape measure ). __________________ 67SWB-B.B.RetroRod 64SWB-Recycle 89CCDually-Driver/Tow Truck 99CCSWB Driver All Fleetsides @rattlecankustoms in IG Building a small, high rpm engine with the perfect bore, stroke and rod ratio is very impressive. It's like a highly skilled Morrocan sword fighter with a Damascus Steel Scimitar..... *Cubic inches is like Indiana Jones with a cheap pistol.*

12-24-2012, 07:23 PM	#3
edflores Registered User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Riverside CA Posts: 860	Re: DJM Spindles, Track width question You sure? I have heard like an inch per side on some people

12-25-2012, 02:58 PM	#5
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,700	Re: DJM Spindles, Track width question It's all irrelevant. If you can use a drop spindle to get an easy 2", 2.5", or 3" drop. Most of the people worried about track width are trying to use the wrong wheel (backspace) for this extreme drop. CPP Modular spindles are the ones to use if you want the narrowest track width,... with only a 2" drop. I've never seen any documented info (with pics),... that compare track width differences of the following: 1) drum spindles 2) stock disc spindles 3) standard drop spindles 4) CPP Modular Spindles Drop your truck. Order your wheels. __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823



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