...It also says tie rod to spindle...
I thought I'd bring this up since it had me mentally scratching my head for a few seconds when I first read it.
On our trucks, the machined "bearing spindle" is a separate component bolted to the cast "steering knuckle" that is the center piece of the pivoting/steering assembly. And the knuckle is what the tie-rod is attached to in our case.
If you're lowering a '90's Chevy truck though, the tie rod is indeed attached to the spindle.
On some vehicles, even that part where the tie-rod attaches is separate. In those cases it's called the "steering arm" and is bolted to either the knuckle, spindle, or lower control arm. Or, if you take the late-'60's through late-'80's GM 4wd trucks for example, their normal steering arms are cast into the knuckle, but they have a separate steering arm for the draglink.
Same front ends as ours, so still have a separate spindle and knuckle, but now have an additional steering arm.
So you're correct for calling it a spindle on some vehicles. But for ours it's the knuckle.
Sorry for the preaching, but thought it might come in handy someday if you're looking for a knuckle, but order a spindle instead. Be a rude awakening when this small shiny pointy thing shows up when you were in fact wanting the big ugly cast thing where the ball-joints mount instead!
Thanks for listening.;D
Paul
