Disc Brakes

[VAN059]

Hi Everyone,

Seem to be getting a bit of conflicting and confusing advice  ???, not necessarily from here, just what I have been reading elsewhere. Rather then ask a question that may help part of my problem, I will describe the issues and if someone can give a answer to solve it...... GREAT  ;D

I'm running a HR disc front end on a FC.... I want/have gone to 14" x 5" rims (HK HT HG), but the tyre rubbed on the top suspension arm, so I installed spacers which left the tyre rubbing on the grease nipples (fixed by installing smaller nipples, sure these a joke in there somewhere  :D), then the spacers rubbed on the calipers, took a smidgen out of them which stopped all the rubbing but then the spacers required longer wheel studs, no problem, installed longer studs. My problem now is the HK HT HG rims centre profile is not flat like a 13" early holden rim, and the spacers have quite large holes, more like a oval shape really, to allow multi-fit, hence when tightening the wheel nuts it feels like the wheel is being pushed into the hole of the spacer. I thought about running HK HT HG discs and rotors, as in theory they should mate up perfectly to the profile of the rim centre, but reading on some forums they don't perfectly align when bolted up onto the HR stub axle. I just seem to be spending money, hand over fist fixing problems as they arise.

If anyone has these rims on a HR front end, how did they achieve utopia  :-\

Cheers
Marc

[FC427]

Them spacers are horrid why don;t you get the offset changed on the rims .......FC427......

[jack_fc]

Marc, are the 14x5 rims HK or HT/HG?
HK has different offset to HT/G as far as I know. The HK rims have 4 pairs of slots in the centres; HT/G dont have these rectangular slots.
I'm sure others here will be able to shed more light on your problem if they know exactly what model rims you are running

cheers, jack

[mcl1959]

Jack's on the money - HK rims don't fit whilst HT HG rims do fit - make sure you have HT HG rims and things should fit OK.

Ken

[ratbox]

and i think yor question was can you put H/KTG discs and calliers on a HR stub, answer no, well you can but not togeather

[VAN059]

Thanks for the replies.

FC427 - thinkin about changin the offset, but with the goin rate of approx. $110 ea I was tryin not to have this done, in hindsight, probably the cheapest option now.

Jack - rims are definitely HT/G, no slots, but the profile of the rim's centre doesnt match the profile of the HR rotor front, its like the HK/T/G rims must sink into the HK/T/G rotors, hence thinkin of upgrading to HK/T/G brakes.

Ratbox - that being said, will the HK/T/G rotors work with the HR calipers?

Cheers
Marc

[EffCee]

Thanks for the replies.

Ratbox - that being said, will the HK/T/G rotors work with the HR calipers?

Cheers
Marc

No,

You will need to change the stubs and use HK - WB stubs, HK-T-G Discs and Calipers

Keith

[FEHOLDEN]

I ran HT stubs and calipers on HR front end with no alteration to steering rods, grease nipples or anything. Running HT 14x5 rims also. Bolted straight up and worked a treat

HTH


Denis

[VAN059]

Thanks all  :), I'll try the set up as per Denis and see where it takes me,
I don't really want to go back to 13"s