Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

5150 · 05-13-2013, 03:28 PM

Saw these at a local yard today and couldn't tell if they were drop or not. The truck was ravished, but you could tell it had been recently restored. I couldn't find anything on the numbers, anybody know?

Leftlane · 05-13-2013, 05:59 PM

Ii can't tell you from those numbers, or that photo but its pretty simple.
If the stub is at the bottom of the spindle they are stock.
If its toward the center they are drop.

Think about it like this, spindle mounts the same but the tire moves up.
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**special-K** · 05-13-2013, 09:52 PM

Show the spindle. That will show us yay or nay.

5150 · 05-13-2013, 10:12 PM

Sorry guys, that's the only pic I got. I was in a hurry.

**lolife99** · 05-13-2013, 10:13 PM

I would say stock,... with that long part number cast into it.

5150 · 05-13-2013, 10:15 PM

I thought so to Keith, but both of them were in real good condition and I thought I might get lucky. There wasn't much left of the truck to tell what year it was. The junkyard said it was a 67, but it had a big back window. It could have just been a 68-70and someone put disc brakes on it.

**lolife99** · 05-13-2013, 10:26 PM

you could get a big back window in '67,...

5150 · 05-13-2013, 10:55 PM

You're right, well either way I think they probably just added disc brakes to the front. It was a nice 2wd SWB frame, but it had been hit in the side right at the front of the driver's door. The frame was bent right there or I would have asked to buy the whole thing. It definitely had been recently restored because you could eat off the frame. It wasn't shiny, but just bare and clean.

**special-K** · 05-14-2013, 07:55 AM

What a shame.

05-13-2013, 03:28 PM	#1
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? Saw these at a local yard today and couldn't tell if they were drop or not. The truck was ravished, but you could tell it had been recently restored. I couldn't find anything on the numbers, anybody know? __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

05-13-2013, 05:59 PM	#2
Leftlane Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 118	Re: Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? Ii can't tell you from those numbers, or that photo but its pretty simple. If the stub is at the bottom of the spindle they are stock. If its toward the center they are drop. Think about it like this, spindle mounts the same but the tire moves up. Posted via Mobile Device __________________ 1971 C10 SWB 350/350 A/C PS PDB

05-13-2013, 09:52 PM	#3
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? Show the spindle. That will show us yay or nay. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~

05-13-2013, 10:12 PM	#4
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Re: Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? Sorry guys, that's the only pic I got. I was in a hurry. __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

05-13-2013, 10:13 PM	#5
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,690	Re: Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? I would say stock,... with that long part number cast into it. __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

05-13-2013, 10:15 PM	#6
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Re: Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? I thought so to Keith, but both of them were in real good condition and I thought I might get lucky. There wasn't much left of the truck to tell what year it was. The junkyard said it was a 67, but it had a big back window. It could have just been a 68-70and someone put disc brakes on it. __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

05-13-2013, 10:26 PM	#7
lolife99 67-72 parts collector,… Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Mid-MO Posts: 22,690	Re: Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? you could get a big back window in '67,... Attached Images __________________ Keith Convert to disc brakes. http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=444823

05-13-2013, 10:55 PM	#8
5150 C10 Club Tennessee Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: White House, TN 37188 Posts: 8,281	Re: Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? You're right, well either way I think they probably just added disc brakes to the front. It was a nice 2wd SWB frame, but it had been hit in the side right at the front of the driver's door. The frame was bent right there or I would have asked to buy the whole thing. It definitely had been recently restored because you could eat off the frame. It wasn't shiny, but just bare and clean. __________________ Bryan www.gmtruckshow.com Project "Andes"-Halen's First Truck Project: Patina Burb for he is God’s servant for your good. But if you do wrong, be afraid, for he does not bear the sword in vain. For he is the servant of God, an avenger who carries out God’s wrath on the wrongdoer. Romans 13:4

05-14-2013, 07:55 AM	#9
special-K Special Order Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Mt Airy, MD Posts: 85,862	Re: Stock Spindles or Drop Spindles? What a shame. __________________ "BUILDING A BETTER WAY TO SERVE THE USA"......67/72......"The New Breed" GMC '67 C1500 Wideside Super Custom SWB: 327/M22/3.42 posi.........."The '67" (project) GMC '72 K2500 Wideside Sierra Custom Camper: 350/TH350/4.10 Power-Lok..."The '72" (rolling) Tim "Don't call me a redneck. I'm a rough cut country gentleman" R.I.P. ~ East Side Low Life ~ El Jay ~ 72BLUZ ~ Fasteddie69 ~ Ron586 ~ 67ChevyRedneck ~ Grumpy Old Man ~



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