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Bunky67
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Location: SW Michigan
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 Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 5:42 pm Post subject: Spindle mount to wide five hub? |
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| Does someone make a just a hub to mount a wide five wheel on a ball joint spindle without brakes ? |
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Dale M.
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Location: Just a tiny bit west of Yosemite Valley
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 6:44 pm Post subject: Re: Spindle mount to wide five hub? |
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Early IRS has wide five hubs.....
In the dim times when we wanted to have the equivalent of spindle mounts (with lugs) we just used standard brake drum and cut brake band off....
Dale
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SamT
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2017 7:39 pm Post subject: Re: Spindle mount to wide five hub? |
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| Dale M. wrote: |
Early IRS has wide five hubs.....
In the dim times when we wanted to have the equivalent of spindle mounts (with lugs) we just used standard brake drum and cut brake band off....
Dale |
i belive those hubs are 66, 67 models. Wide 5 drums that go on ball joint spindles.
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Bunky67
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 1:26 am Post subject: Re: Spindle mount to wide five hub? |
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Ok Thanks
Yes the 66-67 drums would work on the ball joint spindles. .
I will just use those drums , I thought maybe someone had made a hub to.do this. |
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Rossy
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Location: Greenville, SC
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| Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 7:06 am Post subject: Re: Spindle mount to wide five hub? |
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| This is something I searched all over for with no luck...ended up finding a pair of drums like mentioned above. |
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