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Originally Posted by cadetmike
Narrow frame front axle's just have a bent 3/4 bar serving as the kingpin and spindle (at least that's how this one is). I don't care for that style, it is weak and ugly so I am going to build WF style carriers to weld the hub style spindles on. I am fully aware it is overkill, but I like how they look. I am really not sure if I want to purchase used parts that will eventually fail the same way mine has.
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I'm aware of how NF front axles are built. I'm also aware of how "weak" they are.... We used to sow all of our hay ground with a 71. (We sowed in 3rd gear as fast as you could run over tilled farm ground, or planted wheat. Not a smooth road, or in a low gear.) When it was about 30 years old, we broke the first spindle. Mind you that was 30 years of mowing, sowing seed, dragging wood out of the woods to heat the hog barns, and we had wore out 2 engines and it was on it's third. I'm telling you, they are only weak when you do something to them far beyond what they were meant to do, like install a loader, or have an accident. The original "weak" spindle will last your lifetime and probably your childs. If you are just doing this to do it, that's up to you..... I just want you to know that is the only reason to do it. Not because they are "weak" and need upgraded.