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photoglg · 12-15-2003, 08:32 PM

I just got the new spindles for my disk install. I also got the dust shields. My spindles are not predrilled to mount the shields, is this normal and if so what size hole and tap thread do I use.

jmanz69 · 12-15-2003, 08:40 PM

Mine are attatched with 14-20 bolts about 3/8 inch long. You could just not install them at all. I know a lot of people do that.

photoglg · 12-15-2003, 08:50 PM

Jmanz69 Yea I might not put them on. Don't like drilling on new spendles. You would think they should tell you this before you buy.

tommie · 12-15-2003, 09:35 PM

every spindle that i've seen that is supposed to have a dust shield on it has the holes predrilled and tapped for it

did you call the vender you bought them from?
mabey their was a problem in manufacturing?

tommie

MrShelley · 12-16-2003, 12:21 AM

I would check with the manufacturer. I've never seen a spindle that wasn't drilled for dust shields. Probably just a slip-up in manufacturing and not a necessity, but still, what if you wanted to add shields later?

12-15-2003, 08:32 PM	#1
photoglg Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Oxnard, CA Posts: 143	Disk Brake Dust Shield Question I just got the new spindles for my disk install. I also got the dust shields. My spindles are not predrilled to mount the shields, is this normal and if so what size hole and tap thread do I use. __________________ 1969 GMC S/B S/S 3" drop

12-15-2003, 08:50 PM	#3
photoglg Registered User Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Oxnard, CA Posts: 143	Jmanz69 Yea I might not put them on. Don't like drilling on new spendles. You would think they should tell you this before you buy. __________________ 1969 GMC S/B S/S 3" drop

12-15-2003, 08:40 PM	#2
jmanz69 Careful, they attack... Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Waterford, MI, USA Posts: 1,107	Mine are attatched with 14-20 bolts about 3/8 inch long. You could just not install them at all. I know a lot of people do that.

12-15-2003, 09:35 PM	#4
tommie 97' Tahoe 2dr/2wd Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Huffman,TX Posts: 1,168	every spindle that i've seen that is supposed to have a dust shield on it has the holes predrilled and tapped for it did you call the vender you bought them from? mabey their was a problem in manufacturing? tommie

12-16-2003, 12:21 AM	#5
MrShelley Too Many Clubs Club Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Kilgore, Texas Posts: 443	I would check with the manufacturer. I've never seen a spindle that wasn't drilled for dust shields. Probably just a slip-up in manufacturing and not a necessity, but still, what if you wanted to add shields later?



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