bravocharlie
Newbie
2000 C3500, installed 4.5” lift spindles. All was fine until after I tried making a turn in an intersection. After completing my turn, brakes where applied and pedal sunk to the floor. After straightening out, I applied the brakes and I had full braking force.
Inspected front end,
I learned after I raised the front end up and locking the steering either direction, the steering-stop bracket would make contact with the back of the caliper and brake line on driver side only. This force is opposing directions of the pressure the caliper is exerting pressure to the brake pads.
Fix? Grind down steer-stop, risk damaging something else while over steering. Install a modified lower control arm with relocated steer-stop (can’t find anything on the interwebs). Or delete the existing brackets, and install a new one at a lower area of the control arm where the previous (OE) spindle allowed the steer stop to hit.
Anyone run into this? Could not find anything in the forums. This spindle was purchased off Amazon.
Inspected front end,
I learned after I raised the front end up and locking the steering either direction, the steering-stop bracket would make contact with the back of the caliper and brake line on driver side only. This force is opposing directions of the pressure the caliper is exerting pressure to the brake pads.
Fix? Grind down steer-stop, risk damaging something else while over steering. Install a modified lower control arm with relocated steer-stop (can’t find anything on the interwebs). Or delete the existing brackets, and install a new one at a lower area of the control arm where the previous (OE) spindle allowed the steer stop to hit.
Anyone run into this? Could not find anything in the forums. This spindle was purchased off Amazon.
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