McGaughy's Drop Spindle Kit For 1973-87 Chevy C-10 - Old-School Slam

Before removing the brake rotors, it was necessary to remove the brake calipers using an Allen wrench to loosen the two mounting bolts on the brake caliper.

A gentle tap with the hammer, and the brake caliper fell away from its mounting position on the stock C10 spindle.

To protect the brake flex-hose from damage, the brake caliper was drawn away out of the immediate working area and suspended with bailing wire tying (holding) it to the frame.

To remove the brake rotors, we knocked the grease cap (also called a grease, or hub-cap) off and then removed the cotter pin.

In stubborn cases, a pair of dikes works best to remove a cotter pin. A good firm tug upwards did the trick.

With brake rotor removed from the stock spindle, the next step was to remove the three bolts retaining the backing-plate (dust shield) from the stock spindle.

This gave us a clear shot with the sledgehammer to briskly whack the side of the stock spindle until the top ball joint broke loose.

The hammer didn't work to separate the bottom ball joint in this case, so we used a pickle-fork (known as a ball joint separator to squares).

To remove the stock coil spring, we disconnected the front sway bar from the lower control arms, then shoved the lower control arm downwards as far as it would travel, and then pulled it out of the upper spring pocket on the frame.