Spitfire hubs....Anyone know?

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Run into a hitch with the standard..

its got spitfire hubs on the front to let me fit discs.. Today i spent fitting the other caliper mount and disc. Only to find that the caliper wont bolt up to the passenger side due to touching the hub. whereas a identical caliper will bolt up to the drivers side..

In the end i figured out that the hubs are different... But only sliightly..

Now.. Looking on ebay , Someone is selling a pair..And they are equally different from eachother..

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Spitfire-Front-Hub-Bearing-Set-T37-/221182644484?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item337f835104

*groove running round between the studs
*looking from the back you can see small differences..


These add up to it being a few cm's further in (toward the car) and preventing fitment of the caliper..


Does anyone know why this would be? Or am i missing something ?

[beefertoo]

while i don't think have any to hand to check have you got one dolomite and one spitfire? i would say gt6 but they have different size bearings.

craig

[composimmonite]

Take both sides apart and carefully measure. Could be stub axle slightly different or the recess for the bearing deeper. Also check bearings are exactly the same. Only by having the item that fits along side the part that doesen't will you be able to see where the problem lies.

Paul h

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Ive laid both next to eachother. And even with the calipers loosly bolted up, The discs sit nicely in the middle of the caliper, So i know the bearing sits in the same place. There just isnt enough room at the front of the hub( wheel side) for the caliper to bolt on with both bolts... It hits the hub..

I'm now wondering if its possibly a hub for a type 12 caliper... ?

[MrSpeedy]

Type 12 on Spitfire and Herald, type 16 on GT6 and Vitesse.
Not 100% sure but usually you have to keep hubs, uprights and calipers together when swapping

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Apr 14, 2013 17:35:44 GMT MrSpeedy said:

Type 12 on Spitfire and Herald, type 16 on GT6 and Vitesse.
Not 100% sure but usually you have to keep hubs, uprights and calipers together when swapping

The drivers side is fine, The passenger side isnt, The problem is the style of hub being different,

I'm not sure what hubs ive got, And therefore what to look for?

As for keeping it all togther. Its not possible.

I'm fitting spitfire type 14 calipers on canley classics brackets, To a 1955 standard Ten that originally had drums. ;D
I could fit herald uprights but it messes with other things and makes it even more difficult... ;D

I think the one that is ok is from a later type 14 equipped car.
But possibly the one that doesnt fit is from a earlier type 12 car.

Canley classics parts database lists these hubs as different but no numbers are legible on mine..

[MrSpeedy]

Oooooh!
Goes beyond my knowledge then, cos I've never been that far into interchangeability between them tbh.

[stillnotfinished]

I've had the same! It's the castings
Take em off clean mating surfaces , try swaping them over too
On mine one was mm's away- other touching, lots of cleaning, use your fave swear word too. From memory on my herald I took off the dust shields too
Good luck