Magnumforce drop spindle

[Justins72]

I was thinking about getting me a pair of these and wanted to know what else i would need to install these onto my 72 ralley?

[sixpakchallenger]

Mine are on the way. I'm using 11.75 in Cordoba rotors and slider calipers adaptors. Regardless, your 72  2 piece rotors wont work, you will need to get the later style 1 piece rotors.

[Justins72]

that wont be a problem since i need new rotors anyways. What cars did the 1 peice come on? Will my calipers works just fine? Also will i have to change to the big lower ball joint or will the one i have now work fine since its pretty new?

[sixpakchallenger]

73 Chally stuff will be correct for rotos, bearings and seals. Calipers shoud be OK. Ball joints are OK too

[sixpakchallenger]

Well, I just got my drop spindles from Magnumforce. First impression is nice job! Well packed and includes a very nice disclaimer of warranty. The 11.75 slider caliper adapters fit, the dust shields do not fit. The spindles height is the same as a stock e-boby spindle. You need special bolts (included) to mount the lower balljoint.

Overall, I'm happy so far. The only surprise was the dust shield not fitting, but it makes sense since they had to move stuff to get the drop.

I get my cross drilled slotted rotors Monday and I'll see how they fit.

[Justins72]

Man i really want a set of these but other stuff i got to do to the car before the car show has to come first...

[72bluNblu]

 

Gonna have to order a set of those! About 2 weeks on delivery it looks like?

[sixpakchallenger]

I got them on ebay for $390, they are usually $440, I had to go a couple of auctions until I got them at the starting bid. They shipped in 2 days plus about 5 days for UPS. It was worth the wait to save $50.

[autoxcuda]

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Overall, I'm happy so far. The only surprise was the dust shield not fitting, but it makes sense since they had to move stuff to get the drop.
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hmmmm....

How about trying to clock/rotate the dust shield to see if you could just redrill the 3 bolt holes on the dust shield. Just a shot.

They may have rotated the caliper position down relative to everything else. They may have been interference with the upper ball joint or upper A-arm.  Or maybe not. But worth a try.

What is not fitting right now? Where is it hitting?

[sixpakchallenger]

The shield hole are rotated like the caliper mounts. The shield hits the spindle near the upper ball joint and the lower ball joint mounts. I have a set of 71 shields which I think I can modify to fit.

[72bluNblu]

Unless you're really worried about it appearing stock, the shields don't do anything anyway. Water can still get around them, and brake dust isn't really impeded by them. Quite a few new cars don't have them from the factory...

[sixpakchallenger]

I'm not really worried about the shields. If I can get them to work I will.

[boydsdodge]

Loose the sheilds, your going with sloted/drilled for cooling so why not help them even more by letting more air flow.
Thats what I did.
Where did you get the rotors?

[miketyler]

how much of a drop do they offer? Its a better alternative to adjusting torsion bars huh?

[sixpakchallenger]

The drop is advertised as 2", I measured them and they are 2".

I got my rotors from RotorPro's, I'll post pictures tomorrow.