Thread: flipping my front spindles

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For help, ya gotta supply info. What kind of car, what year? Guessing won't help much.

Actually, I think you're talking about flipping the steering knuckle. The spindles are those round things that the wheel bearings mount on.

Did you happen to notice that the upper a-arms were shorter than the lower ones? Because of that, a line drawn through the center of the upper and lower ball joint mounting bosses in the steering knuckle is not vertical. It's "tilted" in towards the centerline of the car. That's an important part of the steering geometry. Now, if you flip them over, the spindles will not be parallel with the ground - they will be pointing up, and your front wheels will be knock-kneed.

Flipping spindles can also invoke the Law of Unintended Consequenses. Flip them over, and your steering goes to hell in a handbasket. Not a good thing . . .

Yes, calipers have an up and a down. The brake bleed fitting needs to be on top, or you can't bleed the air from the brakes.