ive got an 86 with 4 lug and im converting to 5 lug. ive already got the 5-lug front and rear vented drilled and slotted rotors, calipers (from a conv.) and 5 lug rims... but i havnt been able to get ahold of an air compressor to get that huuuuuge nut off so i can get the rotors off.... what i need to know is if they have hub-assemblies or just inner and outer bearings

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Make sure you un-bend the indented tab that holds the axle nut in place. Here's what I do to get that nut off: Use a crow bar or some other strong bar, brace it between the lugs and againt the ground to keep the hub from spinning. Then get a breaker bar (I use a pipe on the end of my ratchet) and stand on the end of it to loosen the nut.

The rear knuckle/hub assembly has to be removed from the car to press the hub in/out. It is much more easier/efficient and economical to install a used 5 lug hub/knuckle than it is to remove the 4 lug hub/knuckle; press out the 4 lug hub and repress the 5 lug hub into place.

I say swap the whole rear subframe. With diff, axles, hubs everything from an lsd car.

Does the passenger-side hub nut on rx-7's have a left hand thread?



Mark

awesome. thanks yall... yeah i tried using a engine hoist handle as my breaker bar to get that nut off... it just wont budge... maybe ill go try a little harder. the idiots at advanced said i had inner/ outer bearings instead of hub assys. dangit! anyone know where i can find new or used hub assemblies? autopart stores and local junkyard/salvageyards in my area (central georgia) dont carry them. i cant wait to get this beast back on the road.

if i could find the entire sub-frame with lsd and 5-lug hubs and everything i would but in my area there arent any places to get them. im trying to do all the interior (pretty much done) and body work and paint before i go into performance becuase i havnt decided what i want to do yet... as far as a streetported turbo rotory or an LS2 swap....

where are you located?

warner robins, georgia... about 30 mins. south of macon, georgia (central area of georgia)

sorry to dig up an old topic, but i just bought a '88 10AE with 4 lugs and i would like to convert to 5 lug. Is there a write up or how to anywhere? Also what is the bolt pattern on a 5 lug (114.3 x 5)? You all said in the read its bets to get the rear end out of a five lug... well in my newbieness, which years have an LSD and a 5 lug rear end?



thanks again guys!

the 4 lug cars only appeared in 86-88, and thats just for the bases. the upper models, sport, gxl, turbo all had the 5 lug setup. then all the 89-91's have 5 lugs too.



swapping the front is easy, you simply exchange rotor, wheel hubs and calipers.



rear is the same except the rear hubs are pressed on

Wow, i just looked at the pictrues i had of the car... thanks for correcting me!!

You should swap the brake booster and proportioning valves aswell, they were different when we did my swap.

Is there a difference in axles with 4 and 5 lugs, LSD or not?



And what exactly do you need for 4 piston swap, I have a S4 GXL booster and SS brake lines anything else?