Tapered or flat faced

  1. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 Stockport Posts: 2687
    #1
    Ok im after 2 new struts inc hubs for my furio and lots of people seem to have vtr struts for sale. So i need to know if they are the same? People have mentioned tapered and flat faced hubs.. Does anyone know what the furio ones are? I think they are flat?
  2. Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2008 Maidenhead Posts: 683 Saxo VtR '52
    #2
    Pretty sure most Saxo bolts used are tapered
  3. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: May 2007 peterborough Posts: 2861 2003 black vtr current escort van lol 2006 ford
    #3
    flat head are for vtr rims and belive the rest are tappered but i think some steels have the flat part on them for flat head unless thats just the vtr spares
  4. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 Stockport Posts: 2687
    #4
    Im not talking about wheel bolts, i mean the hub face. Im pretty sure mine are flat faced hubs
  5. West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S
    #5
    Furio is most likely tapered.

    Flat type were most commonly found on Mk1 models and the usual scattering of Mk2 throughout the cross over year.

    Have you got any pics of yours? If you've got a pic its easy enough to let you know what you've got
  6. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 Stockport Posts: 2687
    #6
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by willsy View Post
    Furio is most likely tapered.

    Flat type were most commonly found on Mk1 models and the usual scattering of Mk2 throughout the cross over year.

    Have you got any pics of yours? If you've got a pic its easy enough to let you know what you've got
    Thanks mate, erm i can get a pic tomorrow probably. How do you tell?
  7. West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S
    #7
    Two easy ways to tell:

    Shaft on the left is for flat type hubs and bearings, note in particular the smaller hub nut

    Shaft on the right is for tapered type hubs and bearings, note the fatter hub nut




    To compared hubs, if yours look like this and are quite slim round the edges with a slightly thicker section where the wheel nut goes through then they are FLAT type



    If the hubs are approximately 10mm thickness all the way round then they are TAPERED type (havn't got a pic to hand of tapered hubs
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  8. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2006 Swansea Posts: 4946 Bianca White Peugeot 106 S2 Rallye, Saxo VTS
    #8
    The hub nuts are different too.

    Thick hub nuts = tapered,
    Thin hub nuts = flat


    The tapered hubs were introduced halfway through 1999 to the mk1 models, so the furio should be tapered. As with everything there's always a bloody exception.
  9. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 Stockport Posts: 2687
    #9
    Yeah mine has the fat nut on the driveshaft so mine must be tapered. cheers mate
  10. West Midlands Joined: Nov 2005 Nuneaton (West Mids) Posts: 13835 '64 Volvo V40 R’Design, '89 Ph1 309 GTi, ‘97 Mk1 S
    #10
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by DJDannyB View Post
    Yeah mine has the fat nut on the driveshaft so mine must be tapered. cheers mate
    Grabbed a pic of the ones im selling - tapered type hub and bearings

  11. Saxperience Forum Bum Joined: Jun 2008 Stockport Posts: 2687
    #11
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by willsy View Post
    Grabbed a pic of the ones im selling - tapered type hub and bearings

    Wish you were closer at that price! too far for me to travel
  12. Regular Poster Joined: Apr 2009 Sheffield Posts: 315 03 JP4 VTS
    #12
    so what would happen if you changed the type of strut? because i have a mk2 vtr but have now put mk1 struts on with billies in, is this bad what will happen? the driveshafts seem to fit alright and i used the same hub nut and seems to fit on ok