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Offset Spindles

My stock spindles take light rock hits often, with the skis in the middle position. I tried the offset spindles a few years ago, and broke one within a few days. Not the fault of the spindle - it took a direct hit to a rock while sidehilling. But there's no denying that given the same ski position, the offset spindles are a little more exposed than stock.

I had some pictures on here taken directly above the hood looking down at the spindle - narrow spindle vs stock. They aren't really, nothing significant anyway. The offset is at the bottom of the spindle. I'll try to hunt down those pics. Pretty sure they are in a post on offset spindles.

BTW - one more advantage of running narrow spindles instead of a full A-Arm kit - if you lose an A-Arm, aftermarket arms can be slower to get. Covid seems to have made everything end up on backorder this year. Might be that way for a while longer. Anyway - if you run offset spindles you can always find a takeoff a-arm for replacement or locate one in stock somewhere. If you smoke a spindle you can just throw on a stock one until you get a replacement. The stock spindles aren't worth selling anyway, you cant get much out of them so might as well keep em in the trailer for backups.
Last point - I ran a KMOD front end on one sled. Ran the offset spindles on the next sled and it felt the same (equally great). If you just want to narrow up for the handling and arent worried about beefing up the front end, the offset spindles are a good option.
 
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For those who ran the offset spindles and bent or damaged them I do know that one manufacturer at least had a weaker design in their first model. Since then I know the design has changed to beef them up. I don't hear of any bending or breaking now. And yes, it is true that there were many reposts of the stock spindles breaking.
 
they look full width to me [emoji2371]


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When you put the spacers on the inside to take advantage of the “offset” feature then only 1” of metal will contact the ski rubber.

Zbroz makes narrow spindles.

look at the ZRP spindles for comparison.
 
i guess i’m not worried about that, i always center my skis and with the durapros it’s sort of irrelevant


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i guess i’m not worried about that, i always center my skis and with the durapros it’s sort of irrelevant


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Sweet.

no problem if you stick with 38” width.
(39”-1/2”-1/2”=38”)

just know that it will not be as tippy as 36” A arms. ?

measure the difference when they are installed and give a review when you ride it.
 
Sweet.

no problem if you stick with 38” width.
(39”-1/2”-1/2”=38”)

just know that it will not be as tippy as 36” A arms. [emoji16]

measure the difference when they are installed and give a review when you ride it.

hmm i was assuming they would be 1” each side just like the others getting me to 36-37”. well i’ll get the stronger spindle regardless, which is half of what I wanted.
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hmm i was assuming they would be 1” each side just like the others getting me to 36-37”. well i’ll get the stronger spindle regardless, which is half of what I wanted.
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It is -1” each side if you put all the spacers inside.

centered spacers on stock is 40”
All spacers in stock is 39”

my sled with Ebay “36” A arms is 36” ctc with the ski’s centered.
 
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