Sleeving std hub to fit 2.0l bearings?

[CP]

Anyone ever tried sleeving a std front nova hub up to fit 2.0l bearings?
Any gen on the idea at all - I thought I had heard about someone trying it ages ago but i cant remember what the outcome was?
Cheers

[Rick Draper]

Andy Bishop had some made up but i believe the company he used was unwilling to make more due to the issues faced with insurance and producing them iirc.

[R1CH]

Best off going for the Group A bearings (Golf syncro, VR6 ?? or whatevers the same), 4mm larger OD than std bearing, same width and same ID as the larger CV bearings.
Sure there about £30 each, can get them from HH Motorsport / Chris Astley

[MC]

Either way the hub will need sleaving.

[R1CH]

Either way the hub will need sleaving.

Whys that then ??
I'm running Group A bearings in mine, and they haven't been sleeved.

[MC]

with a nova small 22 spline shaft and hub?

MC

[R1CH]

with a nova small 22 spline shaft and hub?

MC

Ahh ... i get what you's are on about now, sorry !!

Still be better off using the Group A bearings tho, take it your on about being able fit a sleeve over the standard hubs to up it to the size of the larger bearings.
Whats your reasons for wanting to do it ?

[Adam]

So he can use a small block gearbox/shafts/cv's.......

[R1CH]

Small block gearbox, shafts, cv's .... why not just use the standard hubs / bearings ??
Or have i missed somethng ??

[MC]

The standard bearings don't appear to be man enough. The amount of G we are pulling with the slicks and susp setup seems to destroy them. We are getting pad knock back which is affecting the braking to the next corner.

MC

[Stuart]

Has to be small block outer joints? (or can you get big block stuff to work)

I wonder if the MK4 astra bearing pack can be used on the nova hubs... They bolt in and seem very very robust (well the vx and S2 Elise use them all round and you rarely hear of dead bearings from the racers)

[craig green]

The standard bearings don't appear to be man enough. The amount of G we are pulling with the slicks and susp setup seems to destroy them. We are getting pad knock back which is affecting the braking to the next corner.

MC

Smallblocks pushing the boundaries & causing durability problems again? lol

[fearless]

I'm in the process of modifying Vectra B front hubs for my latest project - not quite a straight fit like everyone says !!!! (Bottom ball joint different, strut fitment too narrow, strut bolt holes wrong, track rod end too big !!!)

They did a 1.6 Vectra - not sure if the spline is the same as a small block nova !!! - Might be worth looking into !!

One good reason to use them is obviously they will be stronger than the nova hubs, but the track rod end pickup point is lower down so should help with bump steer on lowered nova's !!!


Dave

[rallycraig]

get the planet gears changed in the diff for f20 spline type, then run f13 box and diff, gpA shafts, gpA hubs and knuckles. thats the same set-up i use on my rally car.

[CP]

get the planet gears changed in the diff for f20 spline type, then run f13 box and diff, gpA shafts, gpA hubs and knuckles. thats the same set-up i use on my rally car.

Its the alternative that at present I'm trying to avoid with this idea although if all else fails thats what I'll have to do.

I've already had one drive shaft that turned in the bearing sleeved to allow the re-fit a std bearing and it seemed ok - well it lasted 1 track daylol lol

[ainsley_brader]

get the planet gears changed in the diff for f20 spline type, then run f13 box and diff, gpA shafts, gpA hubs and knuckles. thats the same set-up i use on my rally car.

What about if you were using an f13 but with a quaiffe lsd is there anyway to use the big block shafts then?