Interesting find, Acquired a five lug setup today Options

[MrKona]

I bought a five lug set up today from a local guy off craigslist. The front is a Boge set up with 3" spacing and M-calipers. I already have a pair so I will most likely be selling these off in the near future.

It's the rears that got my attention. The hubs are originally five lug, not four lug redrilled for five. The guy who sold them to me took them off a 914 he parted out a long time ago and has been storing them ever since for an eventual five lug conversion. He sold them as he has too many projects as is.

Unfortunately, I'm going to be gone for a few days and won't get a chance to dig into these until next weekend. I'm wondering if I may have acquired a set up with 914/6 stub axles. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif)

By the way, anyone have a suggestion on how to remove the big castle nut with the suspension off the car? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

[MrKona]

And the result! Held the big bolt with a Vice Grip, turned the nut, and the bearing came out like buttah!

[JeffBowlsby]

Please post the specs of the items needed to fab this bearing puller?


Gud yob mon... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

And the result! Held the big bolt with a Vice Grip, turned the nut, and the bearing came out like buttah!

[MrKona]

Please post the specs of the items needed to fab this bearing puller?


Gud yob mon... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

And the result! Held the big bolt with a Vice Grip, turned the nut, and the bearing came out like buttah!

Thanks Jeff. I used an 8" x 3/4 " bolt and appropriate nut. Of course, different threaded pieces could work. The important parts are: 1) Black piece, which is a "3" fitting cleanout adapter" from the plumbing section of the hardware store. The small end has a 3" ID and just shy of 3.5" OD. The large end (which rest on the trailing arm) has an ID of 3.5" and an OD of 4". 2) 2" diameter washer which mates with the bearing. 3) 3.5" large washer which rests on top of the black plumbing piece.

I added a couple extra washers on top of the large washer as you can see from the pics. This really wasn't necessary. Only needed if the nut is too small for the hole in the large washer.

Also, If I really wanted to get fancy and avoid holding the threads with a Vice grip, I could have added two additional nuts and cinched them tight to one another, then held one with a wrench to avoid gnarling up the threads.

[JeffBowlsby]

Thanks Bryan! That saves me some time...

Please post the specs of the items needed to fab this bearing puller?


Gud yob mon... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

And the result! Held the big bolt with a Vice Grip, turned the nut, and the bearing came out like buttah!

Thanks Jeff. I used an 8" x 3/4 " bolt and appropriate nut. Of course, different threaded pieces could work. The important parts are: 1) Black piece, which is a "3" fitting cleanout adapter" from the plumbing section of the hardware store. The small end has a 3" ID and just shy of 3.5" OD. The large end (which rest on the trailing arm) has an ID of 3.5" and an OD of 4". 2) 2" diameter washer which mates with the bearing. 3) 3.5" large washer which rests on top of the black plumbing piece.

I added a couple extra washers on top of the large washer as you can see from the pics. This really wasn't necessary. Only needed if the nut is too small for the hole in the large washer.

Also, If I really wanted to get fancy and avoid holding the threads with a Vice grip, I could have added two additional nuts and cinched them tight to one another, then held one with a wrench to avoid gnarling up the threads.