hr31gts-x Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 im converting the rear of my r31 coupe to five stud i have some y31 5 stud rear hubs and r32 gts-t brakes im planing on useing. has anybody done this before any info be handy. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJZ Posted August 31, 2013 Share Posted August 31, 2013 Shouldn't be too hard, a little bit more complicated than the old Nissans as I'm assuming it has an internal drum handbrake in the disc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hr31gts-x Posted September 1, 2013 Author Share Posted September 1, 2013 yeah both the y31 and r31 have drum hand brake in disc. was going to use z31 hubs but they have caliper hand brake like a silvia so went with y31. alot of people have done the swap but nobody seams to have posted any info on any of the forums out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyteler Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Sounds like a job for you to complete then Any particular reason for converting to 5-stud? I assume the choice of wheels you're after? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJZ Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 The actual swap of the hub is straight forward: Remove the brakes, remove the axle, undo the big nut in the back (30mm I think) holding the companion flange on, remove the companion flange, carefully tap out the old hub, remove the inner bearing. You will need to reuse the tapered spacer between the two bearings, don't use the one from the 5 stud hubs as it might be a different length. Reassembly is the reverse of disassembly. Use a torque wrench to do up the big nut, don't guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hr31gts-x Posted February 28, 2014 Author Share Posted February 28, 2014 Havent been on here in while the y31 5 stud hubs were a no go offset was very very wrong wheels stuck out by almost 5" and couldnt get a disc to fit. So ended up finding some 5 stud z31 turbo hubs took almost a year to find some. They are same as factory 4 stud just have bigger splines on the chapion flange, so you nead to get the flange's with the hub if you do the swap. Its a good upgrade just for the extra brakeing you get going 5 stud as im now running r32 bm44 master cylinder r32 gts-t disc's with four pots front and 2 pots rear. My coupe is top of the line factory turbo but only had one pots front factory and used to run out of brake's when i was giveing it bit of cain. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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