JamesH

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Ok guys,

I've taken all 4 hubs off my Saff Cossie, powdercoated and replaced with new bearings. I know all 4 went back together how they came off, but are they correct, as from what I've just read on the net I'm not sure they are

Both drivers side hubs are left hand thread, is this correct??

Dezzer

I thought the only left hand thread one was the nearside rear mate , both offside hubs front and rear are defo rh thread

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

Cheers mate, there is deffo one of each thread on fronts and rears...just strange as that's how it came apart

Dezzer

It makes sense that the left hand threads would be on the left and the rights on the right so they wont undo while travelling forward , sounds like someone has had it apart before and maybe got them mixed up mate

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

That is the only thing I can think of if it is wrong!!

xr4x4rs

iTrader: (5)

out of all my sierras ive owned the only lh thread nut has been on the rear nearside

fronts are rh thread, so what joint do you have on the front for it to be a lh thread

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

Just ordinary 2wd Saff afaik! Hmm I'll get the fronts in a vice tomorrow to check they're not both rht!

I think the rear hubs are inter changeable? If so I can just make sure I fit them the correct way around?

dojj

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The rear hubs are interchangable left and right as are the fronts but the fronts both do up as normal and it's only one on the rear that's the wrong way round. Front hubs really need to be done up when they are on the car but I've simply stuf them I. A vice and bolted a brake disc and caliper to the hub and jammed a screwdriver into the vanes of the disc to stop it from turning

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

Dojj, surely the fronts aren't interchangeable due to the caliper mounting etc? The fronts are easier to do up in a vice due to the nut doing up from the back!

Can you confirm which side rear is lht?

Turbosystems

iTrader: (5)

4wd cosworths only the N/S rear is left hand thread
2WD cosworths the O/S front and N/S rear are left hand thread

dojj

iTrader: (3)

The bit that you are tightening up isn't handed mate, that's because it slots inside the knuckle of the hub where as what you are refering to is the hub face

not too clued up on the 2wd stuff though but would like to know as I'm about to change a set of bearings on mine

Turbosystems

iTrader: (5)

The 3 doors were built with the front left hand thread fitted to the N/S front and they often came loose, there was a tehcnical buliten in the 80's for the front to be swapped over from side to side

coswurv

iTrader: (8)

James when i put mine back together the lh thread rear was n/s.

xr4x4rs

iTrader: (5)

yeah my mistake i read it as 4wd lol

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

Cheers fellas! It was just the rears that it mixed up then, and they can just swap sides

CarParts Express

Did the seals arrive ok james?

JamesH

iTrader: (21)

Yep spot on thanks Graham