New F150 Spindles

[justuspost]

The hole in the middle is the glaring issue for me.

 

[Deleted member 12951]

The hole in the middle is the glaring issue for me.

They just haven't removed the gears from it. The normal knuckle does not have that, you move it over to the replacement.

 

[Addictive Desert Designs]

They changed some things on the new F-150s with the ball joints and the tapers are different on them. It would be difficult to get them compatible with the raptors.

 

[Huck]

So different tapers. When we don't use the stock ball joints or tie-rods no issues?

 

[Addictive Desert Designs]

So different tapers. When we don't use the stock ball joints or tie-rods no issues?

Well the stuff on the new truck is different enough that I dont see it happening without machining and a few serious modification's to get them on the Raptor. Let me put it this way. We had to redesign our stuff for the new trucks for our BajaXT and XTR kits. Its just not what we all thought it was. (2015 Spindle) but who knows if you wait a few months someone may have a way to mod them. Just wasn't an easy fix so we redesigned our stuff to fit. I'm pretty sure they were built that way to deter us from it.

 

[NorCalRaptor]

Well the stuff on the new truck is different enough that I dont see it happening without machining and a few serious modification's to get them on the Raptor. Let me put it this way. We had to redesign our stuff for the new trucks for our BajaXT and XTR kits. Its just not what we all thought it was. (2015 Spindle) but who knows if you wait a few months someone may have a way to mod them. Just wasn't an easy fix so we redesigned our stuff to fit. I'm pretty sure they were built that way to deter us from it.

Awesome info Jake! Aluminum spindles do not provide confidence.

 

[Addictive Desert Designs]

Awesome info Jake! Aluminum spindles do not provide confidence.

Just didn't want anyone to get into a pickle and waste money thinking they were something they are not. Like I said if someone really takes the time maybe they could mod them. But I'd wait till a manufacturer does it. Obviously its not on our list of things for 2015. We had the info so I thought I'd share.

 

[REKIII]

If ours are steel and the new ones are aluminum, the extra beefiness we see is probably to get the aluminum design to the same strength levels as the steel. No improvement. This is just my speculation of course.

 

[Yukon Joe]

If ours are steel and the new ones are aluminum, the extra beefiness we see is probably to get the aluminum design to the same strength levels as the steel. No improvement. This is just my speculation of course.

Which tells me that the raptor ones will be steel and of the same design. A win - win for the 2016 rap.


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[NorCalRaptor]

These will be installed soon...phew
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