Big Spindles

This spindle kit is a major upgrade to the weak 65-69 Mustang and similar Ford spindles.  Think about it.  The original cars were designed for bias ply tires that didn't grip very well.  Now, we are using modern radial tires with lots more grip.  The early spindles are prone to breaking under harsh driving conditions with sticky tires.  If you are serious about road racing, open tracking, building a corner carving street machine or lifting the front wheels drag racing, you should upgrade your early spindles.

These brand new spindles feature the same size stub axle as the 70-73 Mustang spindles. This larger size has been very popular with road racers and performance car builders for decades.  The increased strength is great peace of mind.  The issue has been finding a good original set.  They are 50+ years old and usually have unknown history.  Now you no longer need to scour junk yards to find a 'good' set.

These spindles are cast from a 4330 high alloy steel containing Nickel, Chromium, Manganese, and Molybdenum alloys. More material was added to the steering arm and upright over the factory 70-73 spindles.  These spindles are then quench heat treated and tempered for superior strength.

This kit includes:

• 1 Pair of heavy duty spindles.  Machine gray powder coated for long lasting corrosion protection.

Optional:

• Set of big inner and outer Timken bearings and races.
• Timken inner dust seals.
• Spindle nut kit - keyed washers, nuts, nut retainers, cotter pins and dust caps.
• Dust caps - replace those smashed in ones!
• Outer Tie Rods.

Note:  Factory power steering 65-66 cars will require 1 x ST-TR.3 & 1 x ST-TR.1 outer tie rods.  Factory manual steer 65-66 cars and 67-73 factory manual or power will require 2 x ST-TR.1 outer tie rods.  Please look in the 'Related Items' section below to add these to your shopping cart.

  If you are purchasing these spindles with one of our brake systems you do not need the bearings/seals etc. shown above as these will be included in your brake kit (unless you want spares).

If you already have a brake system for your original 65-69 DRUM spindles, you can still use these spindles.  Purchase the spindles along with the optional bearings and spindle nut kit.  Replace the races in your existing brake rotors/hubs with the new ones, use the new spindle nut kit.

These big spindles use the larger '75-80 Granada taper on the steering arm. If you are using factory steering add the optional tie rod ends to your order.

Don't let this happen to you.  this was an original 65-69 stub axle size spindle that sheared off during performance driving!

Think about this for a second. We are building cars with very capable suspensions using modern, sticky radial tires on 50+ year old spindles. I doubt the Ford engineers could ever dream of the loads we would be putting through spindles designed for skinny bias ply tires. This is not the knob on your radio were talking about. If this part fails its going to ruin your day.