Re: 4k hub retrofit

["Bruce Bell" <bbell04@ibm.net>]

Careful here...
The 4kq uses different wheel bearing sizes front & rear.
68 mm front 75 mm rear

Bruce
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Keith <auditude@impulsedata.net>
To: quattro list <quattro@coimbra.ans.net>
Date: Wednesday, June 17, 1998 10:48 PM
Subject: re: 4k hub retrofit


>mtwigg@fdpcorp-boston.com wrote:
>>
>> Thuis maybe a stupid question, but I couldn't find an answer in the
>> archives. Can one easily retrofit early 4x100 hubs to a later 4x108
4kcsq?
>> I figure it should be  a straight swap and it would give me  a much
larger
>> selection of wheel and brake upgrades. Anybody done this? I figure it
would
>> not cost too much, especially if done with a new rotor fit all around.
>
>It is NOT a stupid question.  The dimensions of the hub should be the
>same,
>just have them pressed in instead of the original ones, with new
>bearings.
>
>I had the same idea, and there is another lister that has done it on his
>ex-CGT