Thread: 6 in drop axle????

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Originally posted by Dave Severson
Thanks for the link, Bibs. Good looking axle, the extra strength in a forged unit would be well worth the extra cost. Do you have one of these on your car???

Yes,

I am running a Chassis Engineering dropped axle. I spent several evenings out in the shop with my belt sander and other assorted abrasive tools. It really cleaned up nice.

There are a couple of considerations with this axle. The first is that the spring perch holes are a tad wider than the 28-34. You will need one of their springs. Or you can get a main leaf from Posies and use a Model A spring pack.

The second is that stock spindle steering arms contact the side of the "drop" section. To use stock spindle you have to heat them and drop the arms and also give them a downward twist at the point where the arm meets the spindle boss. A little trickier than dropping arms for a Model A axle. Chassis engineering offers excellent steering arms that solve that problem. If you are using aftermarket spindles you will need arms anyway. I used stainless Deuce Factory and the cleared just fine.