"oval" Hubs

[bigmatt-s2rst 0]

hi all, im currentlty stripping a 205 and have heard of oval hubs, wanted to check where abouts thye go oval so i can see if the ones i have are

 

cheers

[DamirGTI 342]

I have a few set of them "oval" ones .. cos of crap bumpy roads over here

 

The hole where the ball joint goes inside goes oval , you can spot that by looking at the gap on the split part on the lower end of the hub - if its narrow , if the gap is smaller than say 3 to 5mm's it'll be crap i.e. it wont hold the ball joint inside no matter how much you tight the pinch bolt .. though it's worth to try anyway , some of the narrow ones might still be useable and will hold the ball joint tightly (but not for too long ..)

 

Will try to dig a few pics of good un's and bad un's ..

 

Damir

 

EDIT :

 

bad (take a look at the gap)

 

good

Edited February 3, 2010 by DamirGTI

[bigmatt-s2rst 0]

nice one these ones look ok

 

cheers mate

[2-Pugs 57]

Thanks for explaining that Damir, I have often wondered too.

 

So, here's a question...if you had an 'ovalled' hub where there is no 'pinch' gap left, could you machine the slot back out to, lets say 3-5mm and then use it? Sounds dodgy I know, just a hypothetical question

[DamirGTI 342]

NO !!! tried that , and it's ended up split apart (completly) while tightening the pinch bolt luckily it didn't went during the driving .. it could though , and it would be of course - nasty !

 

Only replacement with good un .. no grinding no welding at least not for me ..

 

Damir

[SurGie 54]

Great stuff DamirGTI

 

What could make the ova-ling happen ?

Edited February 4, 2010 by SurGie

[pug_ham 244 3 Cars]

What could make the ova-ling happen ?

Poor mechanicing when splitting the hub from the wishbone / balljoint, failure to replace the through bolt everytime (or using decent quality plain bolts to start with) & over tightening the bolt imo.

 

Graham.