Rear hub with 928 bearing and increased offset, 928 Hybrid trailing arm, 944 brakes, extended hub offset, parking brak Options

[Wilhelm]

Few pics of a project I'm working on to break up the misery or paint, bondo and rust removal on my V-8 SBC conversion. I'm going to do the sheridan body work on my car and found these wheels which I liked.




The problem is the wheels are 10 inches wide with an offset of 2 inches. In searching the web site it seems that most people with this combo have gone with 3" spacers. This seemed like it would put a lot of force on the bearing and I still would not have many other rear brake options. So.... I found some rear 928 hubs on ebay. the bearings are much larger: 85mm diameter and 47mm wide (versus stock 75mm diameter x 37mm long) and this would provide me with other 5 lug rear brake options. So off to the barn.



First, put a piece of 5 inch 1.25 inch wall DOM(Drawn Over Mandrel steel tubing) in the lathe.

[Wilhelm]

As the axle would be going into a deeper hole, the angle it could traverse before it contacted the side wall of the tube would be limited. I am using 911 axles and making an aluminum spacer that fits between the connection of the CV joint and the stub axle. This will place this connection back to the normal orientation and regain normal range of motion.

The bearing is held in place on 928s by a huge freakin internal circlip.

It probably would be expensive machine work if I farmed it out, however doing it myself is fun. Certainly more fun than sandblasting sheetmetal and fixing rust!