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Old 02-02-2020, 07:36 PM
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It seems I got lucky again and the Spider box drives well. I don't feel any scrubbing or bump steer.Turning radius is just OK (better than stock but not as tight as I'd like it) The spindles & kingpin from the golf cart are a good alternative for someone wanting to modify their buggy (especially with un-even A-arms), I could see using these parts with the original A-arms by simply removing the ball joint tab and replacing it with a horizontal tube sleeved bushing- this set-up eliminates the failures/maintenance of the ball joint completely. I used the tube sleeve/bushings that were on the golf cart A-arm and found a piece of tubing the same size of the leaf spring bushing (leaf spring is tempered steel). Other than cutting,welding and grinding it was pretty simple and of course very inexpensive!!

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