Niggles

[adithorp]

Those ones have a stub axle (pointy bit) stuck out of them and the adjustbe tapper bearings are pressed into the hub (not shown). Escort ones are the same set-up. Sierra have the fixed bearing pressed into the upright and the hub flange pressed through that. The hub nut is then done up tight (from behind under a cap) and isn't adjustable.

These are Sierra (note no nuton the outer flange)
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Sierra-front ... arParts_SM

[Yazza54]

Ahhh are they like a cross of the two then? Maybe I should just stop eating pies it'll be much cheaper

[Fury1630]

Those certainly look the same as mine and the cortina ones look totally different. Must be up to the job if Westfield are using them

I think they ar the wrong way round, ie the spindle is on the upright & the bearings are on the wheel. On a Sierra the bearings are in the upright & the spindle is on the wheel hub as it's basically a front wheel drive leg, so the spindle goes where the driveshaft would - well, I know what I mean.

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[Ian Kelly]

I tried to get lightweight Sierra pattern uprights, but as Adi says, the ones that used to be available were withdrawn due to them failing. MNR made them last from memory.

I had resigned myself to either switching to mk2 Escort ones (with new discs, calipers, hubs, and possibly wishbones), or leaving the sierra ones on.

You could probably lose 6-8kg by switching to lighter uprights, which in a 460kg car is significant. Then again, at 460kg it's not exactly heavy as it is.

Ian

[Yazza54]

Thanks for the info everyone









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