Spindle completely separated from balljoint!!

[lh_kustoms]

Hey guys sorry for the long overdue reply to this thread. We have recently moved our shop im stil trying to finalize an agonizing 2 year long divorce court battle and I just Had a baby girl last week so to say Ive been busy is a complete understatement. We have thoroughly inspected the spindle from Travis and both Engineers and machinist have determined that the failure was due to inadequate clearance to bump stop and because there wasnt enough clearance between the LCA bumpstop and the frame that overtime the insert was "hammered" out of the spindle. After a thorough inspection you can clearly see that the insert was forced out from the LCA bumpstop constantly contacting the frame due to not enough clearance. This was also verified after speaking with the shop that installed the whole kit. With the ride height that the car was setup at there was barely over an inch of clearance between the bumpstop and frame. so as the car was driven and the suspension compressed it was continually "hammering" the upper insert out until it finally gave way. As Marc from SC&C stated in the beginning of this thread that the force was like if the spindle was placed in a vice and you used a punch and hammer and hammered the insert out of the threads. Had there been adequate clearance between the bumpstop and frame this never would have happened. understandably this is concerning to some of you and if anyone running our spindles has questions or concerns about there spindles please feel free to call me at the shop 503-328-6172 or on my cell at 503-819-9043. Our Tall Pro Billet spindles are finally back in stock and ready to ship for those that have been waiting. For those that have already purchased them and were on backorder your spindles are shipping this week and you should receive them by this time next week.