Cosworth Hubs

[Guest tom-zero]

hi again guys

 

got another question for you.

 

i have just brought some front hubs for the zero, when i went and picked them up i saw they were cosworth ones with the 4 pot brakes on them, i was very pleased with these as i had been intenending to upgrade to 4 pots once on the road.

 

its only after a few days of thinking about them that i realise ive not really heard of many people fitting these hubs and have started to worry that there may be a reason for this lol,

 

so is there any reason not to fit them or do they not fit ? have i brought something i cant use ?

 

thanks Tom.

[Guest tom-zero]

another photo

[steve_wilson]

as long as theyre not 4wd (doesnt look like they are) theyll be fine

[Guest Ian & Carole]

Just make sure that the wheels you intend to use will fit over the calipers.

[Guest tom-zero]

Thanks that's just what I wanted to hear I will try one of the wheels off my fiesta to see if 15s will fit over the brakes

 

Thanks for the advice Tom

[Guest ant.b]

i tried to use these on my 2b , and they did nt fit the taper on the bottom ball joint properley , and gave to much neg camber with no adjustment left on the top wishbone , so went back to the standard sierra hub , however might be differant on a zero though ?

ant

[Longboarder]

I have just used a £5hand reamer to alter the taper of two sierra hubs for my car. Slow but very easy. So that's not definitely a problem. Wrong geometry might be. Depends on the upper wishbone length and even then a custom wishbone would sort that. Is it worth the effort?

 

Nigel

[Guest tom-zero]

so they wont just bolt straight on ?

[Guest tom-zero]

been having a look through ebay to see how much more i may have to spend lol

 

does anyone no if i buy some none cossie hubs to get the geometry right and ball joint mounts ? to fit if i would be able to transfer the 4 pots over to them ?

 

thanks tom

[Guest ant.b]

been having a look through ebay to see how much more i may have to spend lol

 

does anyone no if i buy some none cossie hubs to get the geometry right and ball joint mounts ? to fit if i would be able to transfer the 4 pots over to them ?

 

thanks tom

 

no not a straight swap the set i bought with standard sierra hubs had already had some meat took off the mounting side of the caliper to get it centered on the disc , so i ve been using them with no issues but will change to alloy 4 pots when funds allow , as they aint light !

[Guest tom-zero]

ok, thanks for the replys