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Front hub nuts (Locking)
Front hub nuts (Locking)
by malum » Wed Apr 10, 2019 12:37 pm
As requested here are some photos of the hub nuts
Genuine on the left (from Coolair That's the price of a pair BTW)
Repro on the right from Wolfsburg Resto's
The repro ones do look to have a flat recess and it doesn't look like it will bind on the side. However, at almost twice the price of the genuine ones they are going back!
Genuine on the left (from Coolair That's the price of a pair BTW)
Repro on the right from Wolfsburg Resto's
The repro ones do look to have a flat recess and it doesn't look like it will bind on the side. However, at almost twice the price of the genuine ones they are going back!
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by type21f » Wed Apr 10, 2019 3:38 pm
Thanks
Exactly why I asked for pictures!
The OG look so much beefier!
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Exactly why I asked for pictures!
The OG look so much beefier!
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by vwJim » Wed Apr 10, 2019 7:57 pm
Those repro's look like copies of a Porsche locking nut.
The copies I've seen are more like Bay nuts, and don't look half as good as either of those!
The copies I've seen are more like Bay nuts, and don't look half as good as either of those!
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by type21f » Wed Apr 10, 2019 9:54 pm
Every day is a School day!
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by vwJim » Wed Apr 10, 2019 10:07 pm
Indeed, as they don't look bad at all.
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by ted698 » Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:17 am
I was thinking they looked a bit crap!
They have a moulding flash all the way around, so you can't get a spanner on it properly, and I'd want a flat machined face to go on the washers as per the OG nuts - as it looks like it has a moulded thin lip, non machined face which goes to the bearing!
Jim - the ones you've seen must be horrific!
They have a moulding flash all the way around, so you can't get a spanner on it properly, and I'd want a flat machined face to go on the washers as per the OG nuts - as it looks like it has a moulded thin lip, non machined face which goes to the bearing!
Jim - the ones you've seen must be horrific!
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by vwJim » Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:39 am
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by vwJim » Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:40 am
The lip is outwards, away from the bearing. Though on those the "L" might be the highest point.ted698 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:17 amI was thinking they looked a bit crap!
They have a moulding flash all the way around, so you can't get a spanner on it properly, and I'd want a flat machined face to go on the washers as per the OG nuts - as it looks like it has a moulded thin lip, non machined face which goes to the bearing!
Jim - the ones you've seen must be horrific!
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by flatbeat » Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:40 am
Mine were machined from stainless...
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by malum » Fri Apr 12, 2019 12:22 pm
Show off..
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by flatbeat » Fri Apr 12, 2019 2:34 pm
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Re: Front hub nuts (Locking)
by BJ1 » Tue Apr 16, 2019 8:15 am
You didn't put that hub on a bus did you Nige? I would have kept it on the table as a piece of art
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