Kelsey-Hayes Hub to Rotor
I have a 64 Fury with the tapered axle.
The wheel studs are pressed through the back of the hub and brake drum, and it is attached to the axle with one nut.
To r&r the rear brakes, one has to pull the entire hub/drum assembly off. Although the bolt comes off with ease, getting the hub off the axle can sometimes be challenging, to say the least, destroy the drum, and generally be annoying if you need access or want to swap on new drums.
One solution, which I did, is to replace the wheel studs with ones that only press into the hub, a shorter knurl, with 65 drums.
The center hole on the drum locates it on the hub, same as before, and one can just pull the drums off and on by hand, without pulling the hub.
KH is obviously reversed, with the rotor on the inside and the hub on the outside.
Could the same principle be applied by using a stud with a shorter knurl?
It seems it would be easier to get the studs out of the rotor alone, based on the fun I had separating them last time.
Just curious as I couldn't find this question raised already.
Kicking it around just for fun; lugs loose, but if you're wheel is coming off already that's another issue, same applies to some disc setups where the rotor just slides on the front, the hub should center the rotor, might he easier to knock the studs out and use again, but they're cheap new.
Always trying to think outside of the box, new ways of doing things, whatever you want to call it.
Going to separate the ones I pulled off my car years ago, not looking forward to it.
Sticking with the KH and sbp.
Pics from the interweb.
I have a 64 Fury with the tapered axle.
The wheel studs are pressed through the back of the hub and brake drum, and it is attached to the axle with one nut.
To r&r the rear brakes, one has to pull the entire hub/drum assembly off. Although the bolt comes off with ease, getting the hub off the axle can sometimes be challenging, to say the least, destroy the drum, and generally be annoying if you need access or want to swap on new drums.
One solution, which I did, is to replace the wheel studs with ones that only press into the hub, a shorter knurl, with 65 drums.
The center hole on the drum locates it on the hub, same as before, and one can just pull the drums off and on by hand, without pulling the hub.
KH is obviously reversed, with the rotor on the inside and the hub on the outside.
Could the same principle be applied by using a stud with a shorter knurl?
It seems it would be easier to get the studs out of the rotor alone, based on the fun I had separating them last time.
Just curious as I couldn't find this question raised already.
Kicking it around just for fun; lugs loose, but if you're wheel is coming off already that's another issue, same applies to some disc setups where the rotor just slides on the front, the hub should center the rotor, might he easier to knock the studs out and use again, but they're cheap new.
Always trying to think outside of the box, new ways of doing things, whatever you want to call it.
Going to separate the ones I pulled off my car years ago, not looking forward to it.
Sticking with the KH and sbp.
Pics from the interweb.
