Few Model A suspension Q's.

Here is what i have as far as he front suspension goes.










2 1/4" inside of wishbone fork.
34 1/2" wishbone length from eyelet to end of shaft.
36 3/4" to ball joint at the end of wishbone.
32 1/2" front leaf spring eyelet to eyelet
2 3/4" Spindle "forked" bit 2 3/4"

Harrison clued me in on some stuff.

Model A Wishbones.
Front leaf is missin' leafs.
The spindles are either Econoline or '53 Chevy, as i am told.

My questions are how do i get those Spindles to work for a early Ford I-beam? or is there another Front Axle i can/should use?

This is all going on a Model T frame. thanks much

 

unless those spindles have been modified to go on an early ford axle already, I would ditch them and get some '39 to '48 ford spindles.. i can almost gaurantee you will have an easier, and much cheaper time of setting up a front end that way.

good luck young warrior!

 

I don't know anything about those spindles. I got them for free, and was told that they were going to be used on his T-Bucket that he never got around to building.

 

he probably built it but used a superbell from speedway

 

Ford spindles typically bring $125-150 on ebay if you want to got that way.

The ball joint ends look a little suspect to me.

You've got about 4 usable leafs there, check the Vern Tardel's book, but I think they took 3 leafs out of the 7 leaf spring pack and moved them to the bottom. If so, all you need to do is cut down the second leaf so it doesn't hit the reversed eyes and make up some spacers. Although, I probably would try to find another donor spring pack to split the difference on what you have.

 

Dave,
A "Superbell"? what is this? An I-Beam?

WildFire,
Thanks, i think i am just going to go that rout. with a new leaf and new ball joints.

How would those Ball joints bolt up to the frame? without it interfearing with the ball joint?

What are the advantages/disadvantages of the different style front ends? I-beams, Spindles, Leafs, exc?