ATS Spindle Thread Split

[chicane67]

**EDIT** Yeah, what Shane said....... and to add to his comments:

Wally,

Until the release of the product, I dont believe the actual numbers will be disclosed. And you are correct, not everyone can just go manufacture a spindle, but unfortunately, most of the competition is doing just that.

To further this and possibly give you some insight on your other questions concerning strength, the AFX spindle, unlike the tubular, plate construction and other fabricated spindles, have not gone through any FEA analysis or million cycle testing that we are aware of (with the exception of only one company). Our offering surpasses the stringent and even the most critical OEM testing to gain DOT certification as a minimum. To do anything less, would be a gross misjudgement concerning liability.



Trust me, our development chassis is my personal 67...... and I am not very nice to parts. I will abuse any and every part installed onto the chassis so that I may be armed with the knowledge of what parts will and will not take. Not to mention, we will have the emperical data to back our findings as it is instrumented with enough DA to tell me when the sun is shining or not.

I find it kinda funny, that everyone with a suspension program can sit behind a keyboard and bang away at it all day to form their own opinions and theories, but without an actual product and testing it in the real world, these opinions and theories are mearly assumptions. All that can be done with that, is an assertion, without knowing where our 'white paper' starts. The previously stated geometrical numbers for the spindles are just rough numbers. They are not of the final product. But, they are close enough to give some insight to those who understand basic geometry and dynamic kinematics. Thankfully, we do have our fair share of those in our ranks and it is good to see them asking appropriate questions.

It does however, take time to deliver emperical data and until we are comfortable with that information and are confident with this product's public release timeline, I hope that you can be patient with our decision on keeping this information under wraps.

That time is not very far away.....