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tsmall07 · 11-17-2005, 10:12 PM

ok so i need to know for sure. are ford flat tops really any worse than chevy for high steer? i don't need to know what people have heard i really need to know if anyone has any actual experience with them breaking.
thanks for the info.

Mr.N · 11-18-2005, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by tsmall07

ok so i need to know for sure. are ford flat tops really any worse than chevy for high steer? i don't need to know what people have heard i really need to know if anyone has any actual experience with them breaking.
thanks for the info.

I have not run both, but if you want strength...check out Dedenbear new knuckle.

I's say since both are Spicer knuckle, and they are similar, they are close enough for it not to madder.
For most people it's more a matter of what bolt patter they want to run, and what parts you already have.

tsmall07 · 11-18-2005, 05:48 PM

ok i have a complete ford axle with flat tops but i heard the top wasn't massive enough to handle the drilling and tapping of high steer, so i just wanted to find out for sure

mj · 11-19-2005, 09:47 AM

a lot of ford knuckles LOOK like flattops if you do not know what a flattop knuckle is.
if it is a true flattop knuckle it will have the extra metal in the locations that the steering arm studs reside
look inside the knuckle and see if the raised areas are present

Mr.N · 11-19-2005, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by mj

a lot of ford knuckles LOOK like flattops if you do not know what a flattop knuckle is.
if it is a true flattop knuckle it will have the extra metal in the locations that the steering arm studs reside
look inside the knuckle and see if the raised areas are present

I couldn't have said it better my self!

tsmall07 · 11-19-2005, 04:38 PM

i did not know that. i'll have to check that out

mj · 11-19-2005, 06:18 PM

if you had searched you would have found this info from the last thread on flattops.

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Originally Posted by Mr.N

I couldn't have said it better my self!

big images answer many questions.
the hard part is the bandwidth to use them.

tsmall07 · 11-21-2005, 08:33 PM

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if you had searched you would have found this info from the last thread on flattops.

that might be true, however my original question didn't have anything to do with how to tell if a knuckle is a flat top or not

masterbeavis · 11-21-2005, 10:45 PM

touche :d

ya learn someting new everyday

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11-19-2005, 09:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
mj Registered User Join Date: Oct 2000 Member # 1919 Location: BC Canada Posts: 7,547	a lot of ford knuckles LOOK like flattops if you do not know what a flattop knuckle is. if it is a true flattop knuckle it will have the extra metal in the locations that the steering arm studs reside look inside the knuckle and see if the raised areas are present

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masterbeavis Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Member # 9468 Location: Eldorado BFE, East of sac Posts: 2,827	touche :d ya learn someting new everyday