Mk1 and 2 independant front suspension conversion!

[AndyG]

What year are your 120 springs from Van or Bus

van 94

Mmm Yellow/White

[Luke]

Mmm Yellow/White

well they were brown/rust but ive since shotblasted them and there now black

have you got a list of all the colours - Lbs or have we been thorugh this before

[Luke]

update- well its all fitted and the vans back a rolling & steering shell

i think i took too much off the springs 6" clearance on the front spoiler
my mate looked at it and said it was spot on but im not 100% sure in hindsight i'd have left a ¼ coil more on the spring

i should get some pics up soon, only problem now is i cant fit my front alloys on so i need to sort the hubs some how, but i'll look at that during the week i really dont want arches on but i may have to roll the existing ones to get clearance

[RAD]

THat looks like a serious amount of work youve done there!

[Luke]

been looking at the clearance problem today and i think the only option is have some hubs made also im gonna have to swap to a different disk too, i think, one thats front mounted with a very small offset! ive been looking through the catalogues and mercedes seems a good one to go for, but the closest ive got the o/d to is 275mm and if i upgrade to lwb calipers it will be 270mm i could allways machine a skim off the disk but i like to keep replaceble parts standard also the disk thickness is 22mm and the transit is 24mm same catalogue

[Sundowner]

Hey luke how far do you nee to go back?

Can you machine it off the wheel?

[Luke]

Hey luke how far do you need to go back?

about 20mm

Can you machine it off the wheel?

not really see above

but seriously......... i could mabe take a skim off the wheel and alter the existing hub slightly both together may get enough clearance - mabe use the mk1 hubs as they dont stick out as far

[Luke]

just measured and its ideally 70mm (35mm each side) i need to go in

[Aragorn]

got any pics of the finished work?
are you gng to redrill the mk4 hubs? is the redrilling gonna be easy enough?

Kev

[Luke]

got any pics of the finished work?
are you gng to redrill the mk4 hubs? is the redrilling gonna be easy enough?

Kev

i will get round to taking some photos, and unfortuatly i cant redrill the mk4 hubs as they stick out too far if i'd done it on a mk3 the mk1 hubs would have fitted by the looks of it and made it narrower - ive redrilled them and they redrill fine - mk4 is a little trickyer but i still think they would redrill especially a larger pcd say bmw or jag

ive got a granny cossy disk today and im gonna have a play around and see if i can somehow mount that on the transit hub and give me the clearance i need

[transitgeoff]

maybe better to just shove the bm or jag front lot up from start

[Luke]

maybe better to just shove the bm or jag front lot up from start

mabe but if it wasnt for the alloys the job would be done now
also jag is a bit too narrow i measured one up before i started - bearing in mind ive got the alloys i want allready, but tbh i quite enjoy working round these problems keeps my mind active

[Aragorn]

sorry for semi hijack. whys the mk4/5 hub more difficult ? it a different shape?
will mk3 hub fit mk4/5 stub axle?

cheers

[Luke]

sorry for semi hijack. whys the mk4/5 hub more difficult ? it a different shape?
will mk3 hub fit mk4/5 stub axle?

cheers

mk3 wont fit mk4/5, i think mk3 will fit mk1/2 but im not 100%, the mk1/2 hub is totally flat whereas the mk3/4/5 hubs have recessed areas in making it a little more difficult to locate a stud

[carnut1100]

I love this conversion, and I would like to do it on our Mk1.

What years are Mk3s? I know bugger all about anything post-Mk2.

If mk 1/2/3 hubs are interchangeable, then I can just fit my Falcon hubs from the disc conversion tht is on the beam axle. It uses Transit bearings and keeps the same track as a mk1. Vented discs with 5x112 PCD too......

Gotta start looking for a Mk3 methinks.........