A few things

  1. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2010 Preston, Lancashire Posts: 235 2001 Renault Megane 1.9DTi
    #1
    Afternoon,

    A few things id like a bit of advise on.

    If i wanted to sawp from 3 stud hubs to 4 stud hubs would i need to take the drive shafts from the donor car as well or would the existing shafts be ok?
    (Yes i realise id also need 4 stud brake discs)

    Does anyone know the dimensions of the 1.4L con rods / crank?
  2. Regular Poster Joined: May 2010 Shitty Redditch! Posts: 445 MK1 VTR Silver, 205 GTI track car, 306 S16
    #2
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    Originally Posted by FunkyDave View Post
    Afternoon,

    A few things id like a bit of advise on.

    If i wanted to sawp from 3 stud hubs to 4 stud hubs would i need to take the drive shafts from the donor car as well or would the existing shafts be ok?
    (Yes i realise id also need 4 stud brake discs)

    Does anyone know the dimensions of the 1.4L con rods / crank?
    4 stud rear drums may be different so I would say it's best to change the rear shoes aswell
  3. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Oct 2009 Middlesbrough/Coventry Posts: 3808 Megane 225
    #3
    Depends, there were 3 different styles of driveshaft. And VTS shafts dont fit very well in 1.1 gearboxes for example so really your gonna want the correct shafts.
  4. Saxperience Post Whore Joined: Mar 2009 Uppingham, Rutland Posts: 9569 mk1 JP4'd VTR, '16 Fabia Monte Carlo
    #4
    there are two main shaft designs; flat and tapered

    early saxos have flat and later saoxs have tapered shafts,

    if you have 3 studs them im 99% sure you have a mk1 so you will have flat shafts, so if you got your hubs from a mk1 furio/westcoast/vtr/vts i think you'd be fine with your drive shafts

    im not sure about the rear beam, i dunno if you have to change it or if you can just buy the 4 sud hubs but i think the whole beam has to be changed in which case id buy a 106 gti beam as its the best out the range
  5. Infrequent Poster Joined: Jun 2010 Preston, Lancashire Posts: 235 2001 Renault Megane 1.9DTi
    #5
    Fair enough, I know its a MK1 and im thinkin of either an odd ball 1.1 rebuild or swapping to a 1.4. just wasnt too sure if i'd need to nick the hub and break assembly aswell