dropped spindles

speedsterboy · Post by **speedsterboy** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 9:24 pm

hHi there,
wondering if the easily available vw dropped spindles fit on early preA/ A cars? If so who makes the strongest ones available?
anyone done this?

cheers

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Mon Mar 02, 2009 10:16 pm

Go for pre '54 oval link pin drops. Bolt straight up. KCW are best but CB ok... Early pre A fine but not an A... tried it on a few occasions!

Strictly · Post by **Strictly** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 6:16 pm

Cubist

Any idea if those dropped spindles you mentioned will work on a C?

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 8:46 pm

No they won't i'm afraid...

mr. warehouse · Post by **mr. warehouse** » Wed Mar 25, 2009 5:05 pm

Dropped disk spindles I put together for my '54 gave me this stance.

I keep drum or disk spindles in stock.
Fully assembled or just the spindles you can build yourself.

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 10:16 pm

For pre A only?

mr. warehouse · Post by **mr. warehouse** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 8:40 am

Pre - A right now in stock.

Working on a set for A/B cars at the moment.

I'll post when / if I can make them work.

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Fri Mar 27, 2009 11:10 am

Good luck! We tried a few times but still not achieved anything that works and looks pretty enough

mr. warehouse · Post by **mr. warehouse** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 9:10 am

Here's a set on a VW with B brakes, and I just sent a set to a guy for his '60 356 as well. No complaints and as far as I can tell they look "pretty" good

Not sure what there is to dislike about them...unless you don't like them being drilled for the 5 x 130 pattern to run Fuchs

BD55 · Post by **BD55** » Sat Apr 11, 2009 1:08 pm

So what about 'c' cars with disc brakes? I only want a small amount of drop on my car, i'm hoping i can do this on the beam. Anybody tried this??

louis356 · Post by **louis356** » Sun Apr 12, 2009 7:51 pm

Yup, the same with a T6 'B' with drums. Is it possible?

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:18 am

mr. warehouse wrote:Here's a set on a VW with B brakes

They do look good! The big question... how much for a pair for my A?

Dakota · Post by **Dakota** » Wed Apr 15, 2009 11:07 pm

Hi All
the front axle of a 356 has adjusters built into the middle of it which should allow you to wind it down a sensible amount without trashing ground clearance or ride etc , the advantage a dropped spidle gives is that you can lower the ride height without loosing ride quality though ground clearance obviously suffers , the rear end can be lowered on the splines which is more involved and time consuming than getting under the front of the car with some spanners , any height adjustment should be followed with tracking adjustments and that applies to the rear too, shame a nice set of B drums were mullered , why not just stick a disc kit on it, Pre A's do not have the built in adjusters , I suppose VW adjusters could be fitted though it would be a pain,

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 10:34 am

Mine's down on the adjusters and a further almost 3" with it's 'dremelled' slots. Ride was appalling until I swopped to fresh, shorter Konis but it handles incredibly. The rear just drags it's arse vw style but i've come a cropper after catching the sump drain bolt on a level crossing and cracking the block. Soon to be remedied as I get ready to throw more money at it... my old '53 had CB oval spindles and drove a treat but bottomed out too often needing a new spare well after a few hundred miles

Edit: Just found the CB dropped spindles if anybody's interested? 2.5" drop and fit any early link pin axle...

Tipi_dwl · Post by **Tipi_dwl** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 12:13 pm

When I had CB spindles and 356A brakes on my '54 Oval, I had a slight clearance problem between the backing plate and wrist /pin. I'm not sure if the same issue is with porsche wrist thingy (I don't know what it's called in english, sorry). So slight clearancing was needed, this pic will tell: