Broken Spindle

[Matt W]

I just broke the left front spindle on my T5B manual steering. Anyone know if this is a Terramite only part? Sources?
Thanks .. Matt

 

[Matt W]

Thanks TCusack, I'll for sure call them Monday. It is just a personal use machine but I still can't stand to have it broken for long.
Just wondering if it is an off the shelf part or unique to that machine. Since I have a B chassis also wondering if a C part is the same. Never found a parts manual for the T5B. If worse comes I might be able to make it being a blacksmith with a good machinist friend.

 

[Matt W]

$287 plus shipping, Shipping is apparently an unknown until the part is ordered.

 

[Matt W]

Part made, looks and works as good as ever. I made the whole part. If it were to do over I think I would search for the correct spindle and cut and weld it in. Northern has some trailer spindles that might work starting around $15. Just a different way to go for someone who doesn't have easy way to make the bend or machine the spindle.

 

[Alan7s]

Part made, looks and works as good as ever. I made the whole part. If it were to do over I think I would search for the correct spindle and cut and weld it in. Northern has some trailer spindles that might work starting around $15. Just a different way to go for someone who doesn't have easy way to make the bend or machine the spindle.

Forgive the ignorance but by "spindle" we are meaning the front curved axle type piece that holds the wheel on?

 

[Matt W]

Yes, Was a good little project. I'm not a machinist, a better description would be a blacksmith who owns a lathe.
So the bend was no problem. The lathe work wasn't hard, just more precise than an artist blacksmith normally works to. Had the material already on hand.

 

[Alan7s]

Any chance you could post a picture of how it looks now? Maybe a welder could pinch hit for a blacksmith?

 

[Matt W]

Talked to another guy in my area who has broken one, so it must not be all that uncommon. If I break another one I have a torsion bar from a tank that might be about the right size.
The part the bearings go on is 1 inch and the rest of the shaft is 1.25".

 

[Alan7s]

Talked to another guy in my area who has broken one, so it must not be all that uncommon. If I break another one I have a torsion bar from a tank that might be about the right size.
The part the bearings go on is 1 inch and the rest of the shaft is 1.25".
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Thanks Matt; very nice job and congratulations on a job well done; money saved, and probably help for others of us when we get there!

 

[bd53bz2]

Just out of curisity...... how did you break it? Carrying a load or off roading it or what?