Thread: County rear disk brake conversion, pics & p/n's

Originally Posted by flagg

On account that no one seems to have 3132's this weekend I"ll try FRC8540's with county front hubs.

I don't think that will work, the bearing spacing is wrong.

Jim

I never thought I'd say this, but I think I've found a thread that's even more confusing than Dougal's turbo performance thread.

Originally Posted by Judo

I never thought I'd say this, but I think I've found a thread that's even more confusing than Dougal's turbo performance thread.

Have been talking to Barry at Hi-Tough this morning, we may be able to do the conversions with the FTC1740 stubs, Disco 1 hubs and use one of the HTE flanges to compensate for the different axle length. Even if we need a batch of special flanges.

The Disco hubs require different flanges to the drum Defender already.

Awaiting my measurements over the weekend.

Originally Posted by flagg

On account that no one seems to have 3132's this weekend I"ll try FRC8540's with county front hubs.

Been there - doesn't work.
From memory it may fit together, but the outer bearing is largely unsupported on the stub.

Steve

Thanks guys. Found some 3132's in the UK. Fun and games.

Originally Posted by steveG

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What would be good conclusion to the thread is if someone could find the part numbers of the early Defender rear disc hubs and stubs. I'm guessing that they will suit the early (long) axles, likely mount onto the FRC8540 stubs, and retain the standard track.
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These are 2 pages from a parts manual.

Thanks John.
For some reason I had an idea that there was an "intermediate" disc braked hub prior to the the later D1 style hubs.
I must have been dreaming, which is good as it simplifies things.....

Steve