cheekychimp
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... and get the remaining two EVO wheels onto the daily.
I've been battling with this swap to a full GTO (3KGT) undercarriage on my daily since day one. It isn't something I would recommend if you can get away with just using brake caliper brackets to fit bigger rotors but the test centre Nazis over here have gone into overdrive recently and started failing any vehicle using adapter brackets. I have no idea how we are going to address the huge brakes on the other car right now, but the solution with the daily was to just go with the 3KGT hubs all round.
I did the front hubs at Xmas and we had a whole world of heartache with the driver's side wheel bearing caused by an ill-fitting axle used with the front plate LSD on the short ratio gearbox. I went through two bearings in as many months and it took a fair amount of testing and machining to get the axle and bearing to mate correctly. Given our experience with the passenger side I'd say it's highly likely that a late model RVR driver's side axle might work. Sadly we didn't have one to try.
Anyway we finally got that sorted. I now have 3KGT four pots mounted natively to 3KGT hubs at the front running off a 3KGT master. I still have minor vibration at the front. I think that may be the result of some unevenly worn tyres caused by both poor alignment and the previous bearing issues. I'll probably get some new tyres, hubcentric rings and a proper alignment after I fit the new rears, and see if that clears it up.
Last night I dropped the car off with Ken to get the rear sub-frame swapped.
Custom sway bar brackets, big 26mm whiteline rear sway bar and Ken even scored some upgraded Brembo rear calipers and rotors that mount directly to the rear hubs without brackets. Apparently they were a 3KGT kit but we haven't found any front calipers to match yet.
Can't wait to see the car with matching front and rear wheels after driving around on mismatched rims for 5 months.
I've been battling with this swap to a full GTO (3KGT) undercarriage on my daily since day one. It isn't something I would recommend if you can get away with just using brake caliper brackets to fit bigger rotors but the test centre Nazis over here have gone into overdrive recently and started failing any vehicle using adapter brackets. I have no idea how we are going to address the huge brakes on the other car right now, but the solution with the daily was to just go with the 3KGT hubs all round.
I did the front hubs at Xmas and we had a whole world of heartache with the driver's side wheel bearing caused by an ill-fitting axle used with the front plate LSD on the short ratio gearbox. I went through two bearings in as many months and it took a fair amount of testing and machining to get the axle and bearing to mate correctly. Given our experience with the passenger side I'd say it's highly likely that a late model RVR driver's side axle might work. Sadly we didn't have one to try.
Anyway we finally got that sorted. I now have 3KGT four pots mounted natively to 3KGT hubs at the front running off a 3KGT master. I still have minor vibration at the front. I think that may be the result of some unevenly worn tyres caused by both poor alignment and the previous bearing issues. I'll probably get some new tyres, hubcentric rings and a proper alignment after I fit the new rears, and see if that clears it up.
Last night I dropped the car off with Ken to get the rear sub-frame swapped.
Custom sway bar brackets, big 26mm whiteline rear sway bar and Ken even scored some upgraded Brembo rear calipers and rotors that mount directly to the rear hubs without brackets. Apparently they were a 3KGT kit but we haven't found any front calipers to match yet.
Can't wait to see the car with matching front and rear wheels after driving around on mismatched rims for 5 months.
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