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#1 alunevansodp

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Posted 10 May 2010 - 09:54 AM

Hi can anyone tell me how to destinguish weather a swivel hub is of a mini or a metro when it is of the car, i know the metro swivel hubs alter the geometry of if fitted to a mini, but i have 8 swivel hubs thaet are of the car and dont know how to determin weather they are of a mini or a metro , are there any tell tale signs or measurments that i can take to ge sure weather thwy are mini or metro hubs.
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Posted 10 May 2010 - 10:06 AM

Metro units have a screw in taper balljoint, and the rubber boot is part of the joint, mini on the other hand has little rubber caps that you fit over the assembly before you fit the top and bottom arms to the hub :lol:




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