Has anyone used VN front hubs

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Originally Posted by BigJon

You shouldn't use HQ-WB wheels on Commodore hubs (or vice versa),







Yes they are. the difference is about 1 mm in the PCD but they still fit ok


Cheers Rod:wasntme:

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They fit ok until the studs break and the wheel falls off.

I would never do it and I certainly wouldn't suggest that anyone else does it.

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Originally Posted by Davehoos

trailer parts we use recommend HT holden bolt pattern or ford pattern.
ford use 1/2 thread.


purchased set of 13 X 5 gal multi pattern wheels last week for $45 each.
these had a lot of offset.


the old trailers we have from mid 1990's use VB-VK rims. the studs are weak and the rims are offset [inward] lots. to replace hubs with recent parts we have to alter the axle length.


My car trailer fitted with 9 inch drum with ford studs. they used hilux and magna rims. I have 18 inch AU falcon rims that fit with the same track.

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You obviously have a Land Rover, so why don't you use Land Rover rims and hubs, I'm assuming you have a series, Defender, RRC or D1, that pattern is an off the shelf item at trailer places.

The issue here is the later D2/P38/D3/D4 120PCD, I think he wants to match the trailer to his tow vehicle, which is 120PCD and M14 x 1.5 pitch thread studs, which only comes on the later Commodores as he has mentioned.

For the life of me, I will never understand why the Caravan and trailer indutry is still using imperial products, every other industry in the world uses Metric, even the American car indutry is metric, all Japanese vehicles are metric, so why are Land Cruiser hubs and studs from AL-KO imperial, and why are Commodore studs for the 120PCD hubs still 7/16ths, when the car has M14 X 1.5 pitch thread studs, AL-KO is a Europian company, so why is AL-KO Australia still using and making imperial products:confused:

Amazing really,

Baz.

for a business these days you almost have to use commercial available parts or trailers. I work for local government. the heavy plant trailers we have use land cruiser split rims, with 7.50 X16. new fuel trailer is 1500kg single axle with chinese 8x16 white spoke with electric braked axles.
the notes at work have land rover wheel pattern 5-6.5 with dexter bearings as the highest load capacity. DEXTER web sit no longer list this pattern.this would have been written in the 70's when the council had a fleet or rovers and fire vehicles-dean trailers.


I have personally a ser3 1978 88 as a daily fitted with original ROH rims and 2 early alloy wheeled disco and a range rover as farm wrecks. In the Newcastle NSW region it almost impossible to buy land rover stud trailer parts.


I was in Newcastle last week to buy rims for my ser3 with 0 off set the only available rims are 7X16 speedy wheels and they are only available with stock orders and the stock had already be sold off for the next few months.


sunday job I have 1 only disco spare steel wheel on the range rover that I have to get off and test fit on the ser 3. unable to turn nuts last time.
I have a set of county/defender tubeless rims I happy to swap someone locally for a sunraiser or wheel spacers to alow my to fit the range rover 3 spokes