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Old 12-20-2008, 06:02 PM
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The left spindle on my 95 Ram Big Daddy Garlits broke today. Luckily I wasnt going very fast. The truck has a Fab Tech 6 inch lift kit on it. Does anyone have any suggestions where I can pick up a new Fab Tech 6 inch spindle for the one side at a fairly reasonable price? Thanks
 
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were you just driving normal, or doing a dukes of hazard jump. if normal, i'd call Fab Tech customer service and tell em their spindle broke and we're all lucky you didn't cross the center line and head-on a school bus full of children going on a picnic, and how about they send you a replacement at no cost.... spindles are not supposed to break.
 
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95 Ram Big Daddy Garlits
What is that? Pics?
 
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What is that? Pics?
+1........spindle=2wd i what to see this.... i was looking at sum of the lift spindle they say not to run a big offset because they will break, is that what happen?
 
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Old 12-20-2008, 09:37 PM
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i was looking at sum of the lift spindle they say not to run a big offset because they will break, is that what happen?
That's the first thought that came to mind.

Any more info on the actual breakage?
 
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lets see, let me re-read this... 6" lift on a 2wd. that's interesting. we definitely need some pics.
 
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Its a little dark right now, but I'll post some pics tomorrow
 
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The first problem is FadTech. More importantly, how the **** does a spindle break?
 



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