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7” to 7.5” discs and CV joints
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:07 pm
by colonel mustard
I have a set of 7” discs with drive shafts and correct CV joints, when upgrading to 7.5” discs will the CV joints still be ok or do these need to be replaced?
Thanks in advance
Re: 7” to 7.5” discs and CV joints
Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2021 9:11 pm
by abs
Re: 7” to 7.5” discs and CV joints
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 7:54 am
by colonel mustard
Many thanks
Will get new sorted.
Re: 7” to 7.5” discs and CV joints
Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2021 10:31 am
by Peter Laidler
From the historical point of view, BMC told the designers of the first Coopers to do the brakes on the cheap - by using as much of the original stuff as they could get away with. Such as the CV's and drive flanges etc. The drive flanges were the same casting but machined to suit the Cooper/disc configuration.
Luckily, as a result of this, drum flanges can be re-configured to suit the disc Cooper