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nomojim
 Post subject: front rims Q?
PostPosted: Fri Jan 29, 2010 2:24 pm 
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im a newbe, to your board ,not to buggies. lately ive seen a few guys runnin spindle mount wheels . my question is are they alright for being in the woods ,do they have to be steel or can they be aluminum? thanks Jim.
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im a newbe, to your board ,not to buggies. lately ive seen a few guys runnin spindle mount wheels . my question is are they alright for being in the woods ,do they have to be steel or can they be aluminum? thanks Jim.

I ran a set of steel spindle mounts for 14 years (see my avitar). I had no problem with them & loved em. Apparently aluminum spindle mounts will be destroyed in the woods. Someone told me the bearing carrier wont hold up. Aluminum bolt on wheels are fine like Centerlines & will work with cut drums or brakes.

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I liked my steel spindles, but I am switching to Combos and I don't think I can get bearings for them.

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spindle mounts will probably work in the woods, but in my opinion, you should run front brakes in the woods...
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Jeff you just need a boat anchor in the rear and those rear brakes hook up just fine.

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I liked my steel spindles, but I am switching to Combos and I don't think I can get bearings for them.



Nitro I got combos on both my cars ,I'll dig up my bearing numbers for you,,my single seater has Fodrills with vw 5lug drum brakes and my 2seater has tweeds with cnc disc for std king pin and there good ole timken numbers what combos you buyin?
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JeffClay wrote:
spindle mounts will probably work in the woods, but in my opinion, you should run front brakes in the woods...


My combo's have ball joint spuds on them. I just picked up a pair of steel ball joint spindle mount wheels in Kansas cheap. I want to have Instigator jet me a flange I can weld to the wheel so I can bolt a motorcycle rotor on the wheel & Ill run Harley calipers up front. Best of both worlds.

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JeffClay wrote:
spindle mounts will probably work in the woods, but in my opinion, you should run front brakes in the woods...
why is this ? i have never ran front brakes . just curios, not saying you shouldnt
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I used the same pair of spindle mounts on 3 different buggies over 14 years. They never gave me a problem. I lost 2 sets when my ex bitch gave away all my buggy stuff that wasnt at my moms. The set I just got is gonna be modded to run brakes. I swear by them.

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JeffClay wrote:
spindle mounts will probably work in the woods, but in my opinion, you should run front brakes in the woods...

abs-O-lutley !
And on a seperate handle
But you can run spindle mounts AND front brakes. The way DBnut is talkin about doing them works great!
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Bought the tweed 3" drops

mudd mutt wrote:
nitro_mudder wrote:
I liked my steel spindles, but I am switching to Combos and I don't think I can get bearings for them.



Nitro I got combos on both my cars ,I'll dig up my bearing numbers for you,,my single seater has Fodrills with vw 5lug drum brakes and my 2seater has tweeds with cnc disc for std king pin and there good ole timken numbers what combos you buyin?

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I want front brakes, I have stock VW calipers to use already. Just need inexpensive rotors for my tweeds with wide 5 pattern

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