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  • Interest on 4x4 front hubs ?

    Helping out anembo at ford fair , we where asked lots of times about the alloy 2wd hubs and the wrc ones for standard uprights ,so if there's enough interest he is willing to do a batch of 4x4 in alloy , let us know your thoughts guy please



  • #2
    What are we talking about, 4x4 wrc uprights? Or the hubs inside the upright?

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    • #3
      I think it will be oe style 4x4 uprights
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      • #4
        Reread my many posts on the subject.

        More than interested, BUT the spec has to be right.
        Cheers
        John

        EsCos - Turning dinosaurs into smiles.

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        • #5
          Standard 4x4 in alloy and jsa are you on about the roll centres ?

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          • #6
            Xpack,

            Yes roll centres, camber adjustment, bearing sizes and steering arms. Modulus of elasticity considered.

            Bearing upgrade could be transit spec, nice as they may be ceramic bearings are not essential.

            Roll centre means bottom ball joint needs to go lower and be adjustable. Adjustable because of all the ride height, wheel/tyre and beam combo's in use.

            Steering arms have to move with the bottom ball joint plus some height adjustment to tune bump steer curves. Lateral adjustment could allow some change to ackerman, but it is not an essential feature.

            Camber adjustment needs to be at the top of the hub. Could be by camber shims. Could be by eccentric bolt like many OEM'S. CAN'T be by TCA length or at the bottom because of the length effect on drive shafts.

            All grades of ally have a modulus around 69GPa and steel around 200GPa. So copying the shape of the OEM steel part in ally will result in a part roughly 1/3 the stiffness. That means hub flex over bumps and through corners. The WRC hub shape no doubt evolved with MoE in mind. So some design thought needs to be put in to the shape. I suspect an optimised design may look a bit WRC'ish with OEM mountings.

            What do you think?
            Cheers
            John

            EsCos - Turning dinosaurs into smiles.

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            • #7
              Will pass all this info on to Greg and see what he says , there seems to be a lot of people after this type if hub , so let see what he thinks , thanks for you comments jsa

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              • #8
                Ok cool.
                Cheers
                John

                EsCos - Turning dinosaurs into smiles.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by xpackboy View Post
                  Will pass all this info on to Greg and see what he says , there seems to be a lot of people after this type if hub , so let see what he thinks , thanks for you comments jsa

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                  • #10
                    bump any updates

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                    • #11
                      He's looking into all the different 4x4 hubs that people want and decide what will sell , as you know it takes time to do this

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