Dropped spindles/adjustble beam ??

Alp · Post by **Alp** » Tue Nov 12, 2002 10:48 pm

I have a 65 Single Cab that I am looking to lower. I am not familiar with the suspension on a bus or a single cab if they are the same? I like your the lok of your bus Rizz and am looking for a similar look. How do you find the ride? I am also interested in an air bag set up. I have seen a couple from John Jones and liked the idea of an adjustable ride. How do you think the ride would be between either set up.

wingman · Post by **wingman** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 10:39 am

I've found a place in australia called custom bugs and buses who make 2" drop spindles for ball joint bus front beam. Sounds like a perfect solution for fitting 68-70 front beam into pre67 bus. Here is the link.
http://www.cbbvw.com/index2.html

Has anyone heard of this company?

Michael

rizzag11 · Post by **rizzag11** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 3:16 pm

ya the only reason to narrow a front end is tire clearance. its alot of work and im not really interested in doing any bus beams for people but try franklins vw werks in washington. im not sure of the web address but im sure if you search the name you will find it.

72 Beetle · Post by **72 Beetle** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 3:30 pm

Thanks for the info!

Ryan

type2guy · Post by **type2guy** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 6:33 pm

http://www.cbbvw.com/index2.html ]

WOW! Great lead man! I emailed them looking for more info on the dropped balljoint spindles. Hope it pans out. As far as I know they'd be the only supplier of these. I'd definatly consider a set myself.

I'll post what I find out. Dropped spindles is definatly the way to go. And with the balljoint beam with disc brakes...I'd be setup!

72 Beetle · Post by **72 Beetle** » Wed Nov 13, 2002 11:12 pm

<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by rizzag11:
it has a 4 inch narrowed, adjustable beam with dropped spindles(all i made)
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Jeff,

I've talked to Nate down in Salem who does some of the same stuff, but I never asked this question - Why narrow the front-end? Is it just for better tire clearance and fitting wider tires? And, what do you charge to narrow a front-end?

Thanks,

Ryan
in Portland, OR

type2guy · Post by **type2guy** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 5:12 am

Here's the response I got:
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Hi Rex
Yes you did read correctly we do do drop spindles for bus spidles they drop
2 1/4 inch and are on the spliter called Hamerd on our web site. As for the
cut and turn, that would not be my choice but hay it will work, the
adjusters would be my choice.
The spindles cost $770.00 aus dollars and we sell the adjusters for $89.00ea
aus dollars to suit type 2 beams.
Sorry I cant elaborate on this as I am leaving for a race meet tonight If
you have any other questions please drop another email.
Thanks
MIKE
CBB Volkswagen
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So that's $49 each for the adjusters and about $430 for the spindles. That's a lot of $$$ for dropped spindles...but remember that these are balljoint bus dropped spindles that I don't think anyone else makes. Good info for sure.

Pillow · Post by **Pillow** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 9:00 am

Rizz, that sounds like an opportunity to me! I cannot imagine that the bay spindles are harder to do than the split ones..?

Type2, put some M-B rims on there and it will look really nice.

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Adrian Pillow
'66 VW Westfalia - "Biscuit"
'67 VW Deluxe Westfakia - "Dino" - FS
'79 Porsche 911 SC - "Cochese"

wingman · Post by **wingman** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 3:29 pm

Yeah, cbb is expensive alright. I find the link rizzag11 mentioned about and they have ball joint bus dropped spindles for as well. Dunno if they will fit on normal bus beams cuz the pictures shows a custom narrowed beam.
http://www.franklinsvwwerks.com/html/ourwork.htm

Michael

Pillow · Post by **Pillow** » Fri Nov 15, 2002 10:47 am

Rizz, you have mail

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Adrian Pillow
'66 VW Westfalia - "Biscuit"
'67 VW Deluxe Westfakia - "Dino" - FS
'79 Porsche 911 SC - "Cochese"

Plasticfantastic · Post by **Plasticfantastic** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 1:15 pm

Does EVERYBODY up that way do this .... ??? http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/ ... 1018188939

72 Beetle · Post by **72 Beetle** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 2:50 pm

FYI - here is some more of his stuff:
http://thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/inde ... 1245344572

Ryan

[This message has been edited by 72 Beetle (edited 11-20-2002).]

Plasticfantastic · Post by **Plasticfantastic** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 3:09 pm

Yeah, I saw that too...
I'm not sure I understand the mechanics of how the narrowed beam fits though. I guess you narrow it to bolt to the inside of the frame instead of the outside ... but you're still limited by the frame itself as to how far you can tuck a wide tire it seems ... being a novice on this kinda stuff sure sucks sometimes

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rizzag11 · Post by **rizzag11** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 4:59 pm

thats what happens when your trying to be a nice guy a teach a friend how to do something. then he turns around and undercuts your product price since he is a new "master at doing these"

not very cool. not interested in doing business with people like that. also his are not gusset welded like mine and wolfgang(which i think is nessecary)

Plasticfantastic · Post by **Plasticfantastic** » Wed Nov 20, 2002 5:22 pm

Jeeze .... I thought only I had "friends" like that ....
For those that are interested, hopefully I'll be able to give a full review of rizz's spindles in a couple of weeks along with how hard they are to install when you've NEVER done it before. Trying to beg the money out of the "boss" now, shooting for the end of the month.