the moa 2
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 09:29 AM |
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front hub 's
Morning,
Currently im running a sierra front hub on a luego locost chassis and have purchased some alloy cortina hubs from deckerman i think on here.
My question is when changing the hub will my geometry be different in that i am just looking to buy some wheels i know that they will fit both cortina
and sierra hubs but will the offset be different.
Any help much appreciated.
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worX
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 09:46 AM |
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I've never done the change so i could be very (VERY) wrong, but the two don't have the same wishbone mounts do they?
Steve
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matt_claydon
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 09:46 AM |
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Stand to be corrected, but I think it's more than just the offset that will be different. I've a feeling I read that the whole geometry
was quite different, although you may be able to compensate for this within the range of camber / castor adjustment on the car.
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 09:57 AM |
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I've made the mistake here. Sierra hubs and Cortina hubs are quite different and therefore require different length wishbones. i.e. locost
length for Cortina and Sierra width for Sierra
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Peteff
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 11:05 AM |
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If you swap to Cortina uprights you'll need a longer top or shorter bottom wishbone
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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the moa 2
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 12:23 PM |
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My current top wishbone goes into a mushroom that sits inside the top of the sierra using a pinch bolt.
I always thought that the locost wishbone set up was intended for cortina uprights and the mushroom adapter allowed for you to use the sierra upright
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mistergrumpy
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 12:35 PM |
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Well, the Locost bones are purely for the Cortina.The mushrooms are for Sierra and just fill the space where the suspension strut used to be and
allows the top wishbone to be mounted there. Sorry
[Edited on 29/6/07 by mistergrumpy]
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the moa 2
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 01:50 PM |
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thats what i said ?
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JoelP
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 02:09 PM |
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subtle difference, but the tina and sierra top bones are different lengths - the mushroom just mounts the ball joint, it doesnt correct the length.
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the moa 2
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| posted on 29/6/07 at 06:40 PM |
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Ok sorry mis-understood that.
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