Thread: Spindle Flip For '49-'53 Ford/merc

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Don't even think about bending it without heat! Its bad enough doing it with the gas axe. Glad none of you are going to meet me coming the other way at highway speeds! 50 year old iron is barely reliable without messing with it, bending it introduces all kinds of unpredictable variables. Buy the new spindles! Just because we usta do it don't mean its right! I can remember going out at three AM to retrieve a '49 Ford that broke a flipped spindle and hit a culvert at 60, messed it up bad!

How's the Merc coming along? haven't heard from you, Hope it didn't fall off the jack . Starting to sound like a clip to me I didn't want to go that way, but this isn't as easy as I thought.

yeah, its really not as easy as i thought either. it's been coming slow, now all i gotta do is take my parts in to a machine shop and have the kingpin pressed out and flip the spindles themselves. im almost 100% sure this is all i gotta do, i'll let you know when she's finally sitting on the front wheels and all together.

got any update on your project ?? i'm in limbo as to a flip or front clip and what you all come up with will carry a lot of weight.
thanks
joe

PS
what do you think the total cost will be with the front end rebuild included?

well, i talket to this old guy here in reno who has a repair shop and has a few 50's ford pickups. he told me that it just wouldnt work, because it wound end up with tons of neg. camber that you couldnt fix. i decided to cut about 1 1/2 coils off the springs instead--i know that'll work. honestly though, i still want to try it, because i think its possible to make it work. so, go for it if you want and please tell me ifit works well, but i went for the quicker lowering job that i was sure about.
good luck !