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01-17-2018, 07:44 AM | #11 |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
After a call to Jake’s tech line, it appears that there is a good chance the spindles on their 4” a-arm lift are in fact identical to mine. Did confirm that mounting hardware is the same and overall height, but difficult to measure the axle height on the phone. So I ordered it and if it doesn’t work they will take it back no questions. I’ll keep everyone posted.
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01-18-2018, 10:56 PM | #12 |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
Kit arrived and from initial visual inspection it does in fact seem like it will bolt right on. But won’t know for sure until it’s installed. Hoping to get to it this weekend.
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01-19-2018, 10:06 AM | #13 |
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05-25-2018, 12:32 PM | #14 |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
So I finally got to the Jakes brake kit last night. Couple hurdles....
1) the axle nut on my factory lift is smaller than the Jakes axle. No big deal, it’s a standard size and my buddy had 2 of the correct nuts in his garage. Crisis adverted, so I thought. 2) the top and bottom spindle bolts on my factory lift are larger in diameter than those needed for the Jakes kit. I didn’t measure them at the time but I think the factory are 1/2” and the Jakes spindle takes a 3/8 or 7/16”. This has me stumped a little since the heim joint hole is also 1/2”. So do I put a collar on the smaller bolt to take up the slop in the heim joint? Get new heim joints with the correct hole size that will hopefully also thread into the a arms? Have a machine shop drill and tap the spindles to fit the larger factory bolts? OR, have the caliper mounts cut off and welded to my factory spindles (and of course get them powder coated again)? Easiest way would be to put a sleeve on the smaller bolts. However, I’m not sure if that is just too halfast and possibly dangerous. Or will it possible cause adjustment problems or something? But I don’t want my cart do be down for an extended period dealing with machine shops, welders, etc. So I’m at a temporary stand still right now. It is going to work, but isn’t going to be a direct bolt on like I had hoped. Another thing I figured was worth mentioning about the Jakes kit is that I’m not overly impressed with some of the parts and think they could have done better. Specifically the wheel stud/rotor adapters. First, they don’t have the typical ridges like regular studs to hold them into the hub so getting the tire back on is a pain. More importantly is they are aluminum!!!! So that means if I over tighten the lugs they will either break or get stretched out. Aside from the fact I don’t know how much confidence I have in the overall strength of an aluminum wheel stud when every other wheel stud I’ve ever seen is grade 8 or some other hardened steel. I guess we will just have to see on those. On the spindles, I wonder why the mounting hardware is smaller than the factory parts as noted in #2 above. I’m not a mechanical engineer so it could just be that the factory parts are way over built. However when it comes to the suspension parts that ultimately hold the wheels on the cart I want it all as strong as possible. I’ll update as I make more progress. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk |
05-26-2018, 08:44 AM | #15 | |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
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I know that doesn't solve your issue.....but just wondering. |
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05-26-2018, 12:38 PM | #16 |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
My stock axle is turned down to a smaller size where it is threaded. I’m guessing that OEM axles on non lifted carts are probably the same as the Jakes axle
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08-27-2018, 07:28 PM | #17 |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
Any updates on this?
I'm looking to do the same thing with my All Sport 6" double arm lift. Some of your posts where confusing me, I read in some parts you have a factory lift and then I read All Sport lift. Can you please clarify? Thank you for your research btw. |
08-27-2018, 07:41 PM | #18 | |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
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The factor club car lift used on the Onward is an All Sport super sport a-arm kit. Sorry for any confusion. Everything needed for the retrofit not included in the kit I picked up at my local Ace hardware. Here is the final install. |
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08-27-2018, 07:47 PM | #19 | |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
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So to confirm, you used a Jakes 6" spindle with All Sport double a-arm lift kit and some customizing to get this to work? |
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08-27-2018, 07:49 PM | #20 |
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Re: 6"A-arm Lift with front disc brakes
And to clarify on the spindle bolts:
Stock/Allsport hardware was a 5/8” spindle bolt. Jakes spindle uses a 1/2” bolt. Picked up grade 8 1/2” bolts and bronze 1/2 to 5/8 bushings that I put in the heim joints. Worked perfectly. Needed to take the Dremel to cut the bushing length from 1” to about 3/4, maybe 5/8”. I didn’t measure, just hammered them into the heim joint flush with the bottom and cut the excess off of the top. |
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