Ford Transit Forum

by **Luke** » Thu Apr 07, 2005 11:20 pm

I know this has been covered before but what do you think of these hub adapters on ebay!!!

The guy selling says

THESE PLATES ARE FOR THE REAR WHEELS AND THE WINNING BIDDER WILL BE INFOMED ON HOW TO ADAPT THE FRONT WHEELS AS ADDITIONAL PLATES ARE NOT REQUIRED

What does that mean??? - have the front hubs re-drilled??? Has anyone done this before???

Ive emailed him and he says they will fit mk1/2 aswell!!!

Aslo this brings the price down abit (well by half)

by **madmark** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 3:06 am

luke i cant help you on this mate ,i know when poeple were first getting these addaptors made it was costing about Ã‚£400 ! thats all i know about them!

by **Luke** » Fri Apr 08, 2005 12:13 pm

I can get these made at a local machine shop i use through work! I am 90% sure im gonna get a set made up for mine!!
But im at the reaserching/designing stage at moment!!!

The more i get the cheaper they are i'd hope to get price to about Ã‚£60+postage!! mabe even cheaper!!

Would anyone else be interested in a set :?:

by **bortaf** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 10:59 pm

yes

too right i would got a few sets of granada alloys in the garage waiting to be used.

by **Luke** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:06 pm

bortaf wrote:yes
too right i would got a few sets of granada alloys in the garage waiting to be used.

Great

- i will just point out the advantages to anyone else who might be interested!!!

1) Greater choice of alloys!!!
2) Any size (any 14",15",16",17",18") must be 5 stud though!!!
3) Cheaper alloys!!! (more than covers cost of adapters - have you seen the price of transit alloys??)

by **Pinto** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:19 pm

cant be too hard to make....

Just a bit of 10mm steel or the like, plus studs and flat headed bolts to attatch to the drums....

by **FredTransit** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:22 pm

What about us lot with 6 studs? :cry:

by **Luke** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:28 pm

Pinto wrote:cant be too hard to make....

Just a bit of 10mm steel or the like, plus studs and flat headed bolts to attatch to the drums....

the minimum thickness i got them down to was 20mm - you need the taper on the wheel nut to locate them spot on!! I'll scan my drawing and get it on here - but your right there not too dificult to make but id prefer to pay that extra few quid and get them presicion made!! i use this machine shop through my work and i know there good!!

by **Luke** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:37 pm

FredTransit wrote:What about us lot with 6 studs?

not sure fred - hub conversion mabe :lol:

by **bortaf** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:46 pm

FredTransit wrote:What about us lot with 6 studs?

Get standard steels chromed? see a set on an LDV crewcab camper van looked well sweet

by **Luke** » Sat Apr 09, 2005 11:52 pm

Luke wrote:Cheaper alloys!!! (more than covers cost of adapters - have you seen the price of transit alloys??)

see these went for Ã‚£20 - i mean personaly id spend abit more but you get the idea!!! If they had a transit PCD they'd have fetched Ã‚£300 easy!!!

by **FredTransit** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 12:25 am

bortaf wrote:
FredTransit wrote:What about us lot with 6 studs?

Get standard steels chromed? see a set on an LDV crewcab camper van looked well sweet

Hmmm, chrome, not sure my staff (housekeeper, butler ect) would be too happy to keep polishing them :wink:

, and don't know if they would look good on a mk2. Maybe a Mk1 though.............

by **Gunslinger** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 9:55 am

FredTransit wrote:What about us lot with 6 studs?

i think the phrase your looking for is ... "we're screwed !!"

the fronts are not too hard, take off the front hub extenders and fit the 5 bolt plates instead (of course this means 2 spares needed

but there are ways to do this using the space either infront of the fuel tank or the space on the driverside underneath, re-routing the exhaust, or adding a rear door carrier)

The backs are a little more tricky because the studs are in the hub inside the rear drums,, and the studs arent really long enough to do anything with. Best i can suggest (without having to re-drill both the hub and drums) is to look maybe at american pickups that run dual rears, or make adapter plates, and punch the studs out and thread the hub, then screw the adapters into the hubs through the drums. But here is the important bit, the adapter plates should be a strengthened type of steel not just regular mild steel and sufficiently thick enough to carry the replacement studs, if possible making the new studs inside the radius of the screws holding the plates, thus reducing the "peeling" effect that might be placed on the adapters.

in the event that the screws that hold the plates in place come loose the wheels should hold them in place

But your back to the same old problem, you still need to find wheels that will accomodate the hubs and offsets required, and the further out you stretch things width ways the greater the side loading you place on the bearings, it might be easier as you have on your stretch to just find 2 huge wheels to go on the back

by **FredTransit** » Sun Apr 10, 2005 10:15 am

Gunslinger, yes very interesting. I see you point about the theory, but worry about putting it into practice...... At the end of the day, there aren't many bigger nightmares than being overtaken by one of your own wheels whils driving along :lol: