4000 series hub / upright / spidle options

[shelby racer]

Originally Posted by patrickt

I'm sorry. The only option I see is to put in a complete Kirkham front suspension (control arms, uprights, spindles, hubs, rotors, calipers, and assorted hardware). You should ask Amy B. if SAI won't split the cost with you. You took a huge screwing on your car -- plain and simple; and no doubt you bought that car based on the name. The least SAI can do is share the cost with you now so that you can fix it. I'm still not clear on one issue though, was this design some sort of one-off bastard design by SAI? Or was an entire group of cars saddled with this flaw?

I am begining to think that replacing everything with another supplier is the only real solution. I don't know if any one else has or will have the same problems, and I originally was investigating getting new hats and rotors so that the rotors could be easily serviced. Now I am just getting more and more uncomfortable with the design of the suspension. I have contacted SAI again and am hoping for better news.

[767Jockey]

Originally Posted by shelby racer

I am begining to think that replacing everything with another supplier is the only real solution. I don't know if any one else has or will have the same problems, and I originally was investigating getting new hats and rotors so that the rotors could be easily serviced. Now I am just getting more and more uncomfortable with the design of the suspension. I have contacted SAI again and am hoping for better news.

That's the whole point of what we're trying to tell you, SR - you don't NEED another supplier - Shelby no longer uses this screwed up system, they have a fine suspension right now, they are using it as we speak on cars they are building TODAY! It will fit right onto your car with no modifications at all, and your car will still be 100% Shelby, as it should be. In order to use these properly designed parts you will need to replace everything on both sides of the car in the front from the frame attach points outward. They are telling you that they have no parts to help you because they are trying to replace your terribly engineered parts with replacements that are exactly as you have now - terribly engineered. They don't want to give you a complete new front suspension because that costs significantly more, and it may very well open floodgates of complaints with guys who have the same bogus setup that you have. It may be true that they don't want to replace your entire front suspension, but the claim that they don't have parts that fit is laughable. Ask them if they are building any cars this week, and if so where the parts are coming from. When they answer tell them to pick up the phone and order more! They're pissing on your leg and telling you it's raining!

[shelby racer]

Originally Posted by 767Jockey

That's the whole point of what we're trying to tell you, SR - you don't NEED another supplier - Shelby no longer uses this screwed up system, they have a fine suspension right now, they are using it as we speak on cars they are building TODAY! It will fit right onto your car with no modifications at all, and your car will still be 100% Shelby, as it should be. In order to use these properly designed parts you will need to replace everything on both sides of the car in the front from the frame attach points outward. They are telling you that they have no parts to help you because they are trying to replace your terribly engineered parts with replacements that are exactly as you have now - terribly engineered. They don't want to give you a complete new front suspension because that costs significantly more, and it may very well open floodgates of complaints with guys who have the same bogus setup that you have. It may be true that they don't want to replace your entire front suspension, but the claim that they don't have parts that fit is laughable. Ask them if they are building any cars this week, and if so where the parts are coming from. When they answer tell them to pick up the phone and order more! They're pissing on your leg and telling you it's raining!

Hmmmm - if this is true - they REALLY screwed the pooch (and I would know since I am a dog and cat vet). I tried talking with them privately. I tried to resolve this with no drama. I talked to them about the problem and had my mechanic talk to them so that there would be no misunderstanding. I checked with more than once. After being told that they had NO fix or better parts to replace my bad ones, I turned to the web for support and guidance. Maybe - somehow they didn't understand what I had but by not taking care of the problem they really have opened a whole can of worms that is probably not going to end with me (which is what would have happened). Next week should be interesting. I think I am going to be spending a lot of time on the phone with Las Vegas.