sierra front hubs

[AndyLockwood]

I have a pair of sierra front hubs but they have a pinch bolt for the lower ball joint which obviously means the maxi joint is unsuitable. I have found some seperate lower ball joints for the escort V and V1 and wondered if anyone knew whether they would be suitable with an alteration to the wishbone plate hole pattern.

cheers

Andy

[twinturbo]

They will be cosworth front hubs by the sound of it.

And yes the escort bottom ball joints have the correct taper.

TT

[AndyLockwood]

this is the style of joint i was looking at.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Ford-Escort-Mk4-Mk5-Mk6-Mk7-ball-joint-New_W0QQitemZ130361710991QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Car sParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item1e5a29d98f


Andy

[HandyAndy]

i might be totally wrong but would those ball joints interfere with the angle part of the lower wishbone, with the way they are fastened to the wishbone plate they look quite long in the fixing point.

like i say " i might be wrong" but worth checking the dimensions Andy.

cheers
andy

[AndyLockwood]

The joints in this picture these appear to have an angle set into them and would probably bolt to the underside of the plate with the taper protruding through.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/2-FRONT-Lower-Ball-Joint-For-FORD-ESCORT-91-96_W0QQitemZ320383464465QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Cars Parts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM?hash=item4a9857b411

the book says a 10 deg angle


cheers

Andy

[twinturbo]

One other thing to be weary of. The Cosworth uses a slightly different suspension set up to the normal 2WD cars. So the geometry may not be quite right with the Roadster bines.

TT