will rear 914 6 hubs work w/ 914 4 axle shafts? Options

[pnewman]

Sorry for the newbie question. I am looking at putting a pair of 914 6 rear swing arms on my 914 4 lugger to do the 5 lug conversion thing and was concerned about the 4 bolt axle shafts fitting through the hubs.

I am sure this is a no brainer for you guys.

thanks, Pete

[Brian Mifsud]

"Stupid??" Try "Heroic"....

Check out the two chapters in Ludvigsens "Excellence Was Expected" on the 914 development.

With VW playing fickle on the "handshake" agreement, as well as the creation of the VW-Audi distribution network.. I can easily imagine the redtape and bureacracy the product developers and engineers faced at Porsche when they were trying to come up with a list of parts that made economical sense. Porsche was trying to save costs by using as many 911 "bin" parts as they could, while VW was doing the same... they just had different "Bins"....

Aaron, I understand you are still a student of ME...not to dash your dreams, but once you get out of school and rack up some hours in whatever bureacracy employs you, you might begin to develop some sympathy for the grunts (since you will be one) who had to make the product happen.. no offense intended... I'm just tired out and jaded after doing this crap for 15 years... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif) Most likely, Porsche engineers HAD to do their own parts, just to cut thru the junk foisted upon them by the VW/Porsche/Audi relationships (or lack thereof)

TIME TO MARKET is NUMBER ONE. Anything that gets in the way of that goal quickly gets reprioritized.. even if that means saving "cost" later...