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Old 10-10-2006, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Motor City Hami
Does anyone sell an old school Associated front end that has been milled down to run smaller tires. I know that lots of racers just cut the steering block down, shorten the kingpin and cut away material at the top of the bock to keep the rim from hitting. It's not that much work, but I'm just not all that fond of cutting away this much material and weakening the part. I'd like to buy a few sets that are milled off the bottom of the suspension block itself. Anyone know where I can find a few sets or am I gonna have to take the time to make them myself?

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I just built a jig that allows me to set the camber and caster of the arm prior to milling. The problem with producing the milled arms in quantity is the fact that they vary from side to side and set to set. I built the jig to be adjustable to allow for different settings and to allow for the differences in the arms. It just takes time to get arms where you want them before you shave them.
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