Front hubs have broken on tractor TRs. I own one of said broken hubs, and the
body damage that went with it. There is a mod that strengthens them
considerably
and we havent broken one since.
I'm also glad to hear Jack say that SVRA would be ok with alloy hubs since it is
another approach to the problem. And as one of the other listers mentioned, not
likely to be a performance advantage that is measurable as long as the brake
disk
is still the big anchor we have all come to know and love. I seriously doubt
any
of us could boil out the grease of the front bearing just because of the
addition
of the alloy hub. I've never so much as faded a front brake, even with modern
quality pads. Our big failure on the front end now is the bearing itself, not
big enough to take the loads that modern tires can put on them. They're only
good for a few events at best. And eventually we wollow out the area of the hub
trying to hold the outside races!
mike
WSpohn4@aol.com wrote:
> I don't believe there are any serious problems with the TR front hubs (let me
> know if I am wrong - I use them on my TVR race car), but OTOH, the alloy ones
> really don't give you any advantage. Prepare two identical cars except for
> the front hubs (or run laps before and after changing hubs) and my bet is
> that there will be zero difference.
>
> The ventilated discs are another issue - they do enhance performance, and are
> not necessary for safety. I could run them on my TVR, but do not, because I
> don't feel they are in the spirit of vintage, any more than I would fit 4 pot
> Girling callipers all around on my Twincam race car and argue safety.
>
> If you can't run alloy hubs without the ventilated discs, my personal opinion
> would be that you should remove the hubs as well.
>
> Bill S.
>
> 63TVR
> 58 MGA
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