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GU Hub Issues
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:33 pm
by Big fish
Blew 2 factory hubs today on a test run in a GU comp truck !
Running big horse power, cal cv s and 37 s
Every time I touch the front locker on something narly I pop the right hand hub.
Are after market hubs any better ?
Any sugestions would be appreciated cheers
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 5:59 pm
by cooki_monsta
no, gen. hubs are the best
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:15 pm
by TomSeth
If ya blowing the alloy part of the hub, superior engineering do a billet hub, which might help. You fit your standard own internals to it. Dunno what you can do if your stripping the hub internals. Link below :-) hope it helps
http://www.superiorengineering.com.au/p ... ts_id=4979
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:15 pm
by Big fish
Do new gen hubs hold up any better than second handies ? If thats not a stupid question , like does it make much difference ? or does everyone just buy from the wreckers ?
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:19 pm
by Big fish
Sweet billet ! Yeah smashing the alloy housing, are you running these superiors ? are they holding on for longer ?
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 6:24 pm
by TomSeth
I haven't smashed a hub yet, only running a fresh TB42 with 35's and f/r lockers, not huge power, but if i ever do blow one I'll be getting a set, I've got a fair bit of superior gear and I've always found it to be good stuff.
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:31 pm
by 1MadEngineer
Big fish wrote:Sweet billet ! Yeah smashing the alloy housing, are you running these superiors ? are they holding on for longer ?
run them on our comp truck, they are stronger than the chromo cv's
BUT that is a good thing in a comp rig. Especially when the chromo cv's are twice as strong as stocko's. Ben (WICKED) ran a set at TuffTruck this year, and MMM (dave metcalf) ran them for the mayalsian RFC. As soon as you step up to chromo cv's , these should be almost mandatory IMO otherwise why spend all that money on chromos?
I can't wait to hear all the " yeah but its easier to change a broken hub ".....
But then again even suzuki's have stronger hubs.
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2010 7:35 pm
by hiy6o
Maybe the hub exploding is the best thing , gotta ask yourself what happens if that doesn't fail . Every time I have upped the strength of something it just breaks something down the line , the hubs aren't the hardest thing to change on the track .
Had the same prob when car found some horsepower had to change my driving style to suit = think before stomping on it.
