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Whitestriped63 wrote:
Hmmmm....two more questins then.

1. I'm sure it's been tried before but can the drum brake hub be modified (or some sort of adapter made) to mount the mini caliper to it?
There is very little room between the S disc and the swivel hub, no room for a mounting unless you space the disc & drive flange out- more problems..
And, if anyone is thinking of it, they can forget welding a lug on for a caliper mount. Apart from causing distortion, these hubs are a grade of cast iron. I know this as I've tried to weld one already, just for fun..

2. My concern with the Honda conversion is that you were using the drum brake CV. So i can fit the disc type CV to the drum brake hub?
It would be possible to use the disc type (S) CV and drive flange, but how this would affect the track width or whether spacers then needed or not, I don't know at this stage.
Having seen the Camiras set up like this, that would be my choice over the Hondas. But as I've said before, they won't fit 10" wheels.
(Actually I no longer recommend Hondas in 10" wheels either due to the surgery involved).

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So.....

If there is someway that you could say move the caliper around the circle of the hub you should escape the issue of spacing of the disc. Meaning make up a bracket that bolts to the existing caliper holes and has holes drilled further around and mount the caliper that way?

I'm tossing ideas here but if (say) the standard mounting points are at 1 & 3 o'clock and you make up a bracket that bolts to 1 & 3, but has new holes at 2 & 4 o'clock that would have to work?

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Whitestriped63 wrote:
So.....

If there is someway that you could say move the caliper around the circle of the hub you should escape the issue of spacing of the disc. Meaning make up a bracket that bolts to the existing caliper holes and has holes drilled further around and mount the caliper that way?

I'm tossing ideas here but if (say) the standard mounting points are at 1 & 3 o'clock and you make up a bracket that bolts to 1 & 3, but has new holes at 2 & 4 o'clock that would have to work?

Problem with these drum brake swivel hubs is there are NO `caliper holes' or lugs, only the 3 tapped holes facing the wheel, where the backplate bolts on.
And an S disc set up on there leaves only a gnat's dick clearance to this face. That's why most conversions to disc using drum swivel hubs involves foreign rotors & calipers- Honda, Camira etc. This way the wheel track is kept about the same as an S setup. :wink:

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