sj914
Oct 15 2003, 07:31 PM
Is there a difference in sizes i.e. bearing sizes, hub thickness among the late 60's 911 hubs and the early 70's hubs? I wanna put a 5 bolt conversion on my car but I don't know much about the differences in the different years.
TimT
Oct 15 2003, 08:01 PM
yes there is a difference...
the spindle is the same, bearings are the same size. The only difference is the lock-nut, on the early spindles its small and fine thread, on the later spindles its larger dia and coarse thread...
I dont know the date the change was made..
TimT
Oct 15 2003, 08:03 PM
BTW Im just talking about updating early 911 to late 911 struts. I know nuttin about 914 to early or late 911 swaps..
sj914
Oct 15 2003, 08:08 PM
Thanks TimT, Well I thought when you swap the 4 lug to 5 bolt, your pretty much changing out to a 911 suspension. The reason I asked about the hubs was I saw these and I might want to use them in A TRG coilover setup.
TimT
Oct 15 2003, 08:24 PM
ok if your using RSR struts, you can use early hubs provided you use the later hardware.. but you have to open up the dust cover area a bit to clear the larger locking nuts....
I have a lathe so getting it all to work wasnt a prob for me...
sj914
Oct 15 2003, 08:31 PM
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but you have to open up the dust cover area a bit to clear the larger locking nuts....
Do you also have to make it deeper to get the lock nut down further?
TimT
Oct 15 2003, 08:51 PM
nope
TimT
Oct 15 2003, 08:52 PM
these are just some things to watch out for when making a salad of different model year parts LOL
sj914
Oct 15 2003, 08:59 PM
Oh I like making salads, especially making parts fit when they don't. hence shoe horning the v8 thats sitting on my garage floor.
914Timo
Oct 16 2003, 12:10 AM
Then there is old 911 T hubs. They are used with solid rotors. They are narrower. Hubs for vented rotors are about 15mm wider.
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