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    Pardon me, I am a complete novice - custom front hubs

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_steel medium grade -machined then case hardened?
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    Pardon me, I am a complete novice - custom front hubs

    MY CONCERNS ARE STRENGTH DO I GET THEN MADE IN 8.8 10.9 12.9 -OR A STRONGER GRADE OF ALUMINIUM -I WANT IT DONE CORRECTLY -THEY WILL BE ON A 1.5 TON VAN I.E. IDEALLY HOLDING UP A 100 RATED TYRE -I JUST WANT THEM CORRECT - TO GRADE, INDUSTRY STANDARDS -I KNOW I NEED AT LEASE 10.9 FOR CALIPER...
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    Pardon me, I am a complete novice - custom front hubs

    hello again all, well I had them made, I now wish to have your opinions. there they are so i have stock roll sentres, ackerman basically stock geometry -my only real concern is fissure strength - if thats what the term is? do i just have them made in steel? -the machinist won't do...
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    Pardon me, I am a complete novice - custom front hubs

    I am having machined some custom front hubs basically to suit a 1975 vw van, so single row taper bearings. now these are steel, what I am having made are in alloy they are replicating a porsche stud pattern, the porshe hubs they are replicating are cast alloy my concerns are, which grade...

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