mk2 front axle needed. got one at last !

[nel2373]

anyone got a front axle for a mk2 long wheel base need to upgrade my mk1 landliner from non existant drum brakes to disc do i really need to change the whole front or can mine just be converted ?

[Luke]

whereabouts are you
i think a swb axle can be converted to lwb using just the hubs and also a mk3 lwb set up will fit - if that helps

[nel2373]

hi ya i'm in east london having a nightmare trying to find somewhere to store my van, small workshops cost a fortune . doesn't the mk3 transit have indepndant susspension though or do you just change the hubs ?

[nel2373]

i only said i need a long wheelbase axle because thats what i was told. can i get away with a short wheelbase axle ?

[FredTransit]

What van have you got? The Mk3 twin wheel is beam axle too.

whereabouts are you
i think a swb axle can be converted to lwb using just the hubs and also a mk3 lwb set up will fit - if that helps

Now you tell me! I wish I had known that before I scrapped the one I had the engine out of.

[Luke]

no fred that was mk3 swb

i think mk1/2 swb and lwb beam is the same just the hubs that are different - i think a mk3 lwb is the same too but cant be sure if the hubs will swap but i am sure the whole thing will bolt up complete

[FredTransit]

OK I thought you meant the hubs off the SWB will fit the Mk2. That's where I am getting confused. Can you just not swap the whole front axle off the LWB/six stud Mk3 onto a Mk2?

[Luke]

OK I thought you meant the hubs off the SWB will fit the Mk2.

i didnt mean that but now you mention it i 'think' they will they are wider by about 3/4" aswell

[FredTransit]

Well at least you are honest. I would like to give that a try. The hubs have got to be easier to get hold of than a Mk2 front axle.....

[Luke]

the other thing is can a drum brake axle be converted to disks by changing the hubs ie are the spigot shafts the same

[FredTransit]

Pass. I wish you had mentioned it before I sent it off though, it wouldn't have cost me much to find out!

[transitgeoff]

no mounting points for the calipers

[Luke]

no mounting points for the calipers

so apart from that they are the same caliper mounts just bolt on 4 bolts if i remember

[FredTransit]

Ah well, nice thought while it lasted

[transitgeoff]

no mounting points for the calipers

so apart from that they are the same caliper mounts just bolt on 4 bolts if i remember

no there cast with the stub, no bolts