IFS spindles on a solid axle

It most definatly does seem as though we may have some notes to exchange. I have been toying with the windscreen/windshield combination as the body on this car lends itself nicely to the application.

 

I've just been on another thread in which 2wd Jeep front axles are shown. Those have spindles that look rather like IFS spindles. Someone on here is running one on a Model A.

It gives an idea what a fabricated axle using IFS spindles might look like.

 

Something on Facebook today reminded me of this 12-year-old thread:


Adapted Jaguar XJ6 spindles on a solid axle, on a Bugatti Type 59 replica/tribute.

 

@Ned Ludd now that’s a thing !! Wow ! Outside the box thinking at a high level .

with the heim joint upper and ball joint lower how will this handle ?

he’s also using one of the calliper fist mounting bolts to attach the spindle to the “upright?” Mounting brakes , if he’s using front brake will pose a challenge .

either way it’s an interesting set up .

 

It looks like the spindle/knuckle was cut, and the boss for the upper heim welded on. My concern would be perpendicular loading on the heim, unless there is provision to adjust play/preload which isn't visible in the pics. I'd prefer to see an adjustment nut between the top of the kingpin boss and the underside of the heim's ball.

The idea seems to be that the caliper's lower lug gets sandwiched between the steering arm and the knuckle.

 

mk3 ford transit 78-84 rhd front spindles - forged in caliper lugs
jaguar wire wheel hubs - same bearings and spread as the transit
jaguar 4 pot caliper fits the spindle - girling stock distance
bolt the disc on - space to even up and disparages
run the transit disc and caliper if you dont want the big vented disc and 4 pot
tie rod ends m18 1.5tpi left and right £3.50 each - fit the spindles taper
remembering left hand thread for rotation on the knock ons
have the wire wheel hub fitted to a narrower or larger smaller rim
plop

jag wire wheels 20 bucks each
jaguar mk2 wire wheels Set Of 4 | eBay

oh and you would get a stock gravel guard for the rotor

saying that, you could probably fit a jag wire wheel hub on an early ford spindle with them bearing adaptor doofers, i think the discs are 11'' too
well they ran 15 inch wheels, so they wouldnt be any bigger

also dont forget that a 1959 mk2 jagwar
used the same axle thats whats in an f100
albeit with axle shafts and bolt on hubs like the jeep
because they could then i favor bolt on the splined wire wheel hubs
which is nice
and a mk 2 jaguars rear axle is 56.5 wide!!

i.e. you could get it all spot on

yes, dont get confused thinking the 5 drilled holes around the flange mean they bolt onto a common or garden hub
thats where the two piece rotor bolts on

 

I didn't read everything.........

It seems to me that if you could make a jig that would capture the two spindles in their normal factory position, then you could remove whatever you don't want to use from in between them and just make whatever you want to fit where the vacated parts came from. That would insure that geometry didn't change, and as long as its strong enough you could insert an axle or whatever suits you.

 

Just saw this, and was wondering if theop made his front axle. Would be interesting to see how it came out. Fwiw, I bushed a set of MGB spindles over the winter for a friend. The only problem I could imagine is the 2 different sizes of bushings, the upper being smaller than the lower. There's no boss between the two bushings like on a 50s Chevy spindle and upright, but with a little time in a mill, the spindle could be machined for a boss in-between. I think, however I'd just use a Chevy spindle and adapt the brakes to it.