VW weld on hub bearing housings?

I'm looking for hub bearing housings for using standard VW hubs and bearings from a water cooled VW in a custom fabrication.

Something like this, but for the water cooled front hubs:

Hub housings

I'm trying to custom fabricate trailing arms, but I want to use all VW components (hubs, CV's, brake calipers, wheels, etc.)

This will be a custom rear IRS using FWD components. Don't really want to use the complete front spindle assembly.

Anyone know any sources?

M0ost likey a one off item. Could be made on a lathe. Not hard to make. You need to come up with a design and specs. Then any machine shop could make it.

I would assume you're not using a flange mount like the one in the link so this would just be a sleeve welded into a fabricated hub carrier... yea, easy machine shop job. Plan for enough sleeve wall thickness so it's not too thin at the internal lock ring grooves.

I had a project like this planned about 15 years ago, still might have some new 64mm bearings and stub axles.

I know I could make them. I was looking for a pre-fab piece.

sand car suppliers--mckenzies----are you running power through these?

Yes.

Local machine shop wants over $200 to make these, and I don't have a lathe right now, so I'd much rather find a piece I can adapt (since it is for a Challenge car).

Anybody have a lathe??

ewww..whatcha buildin'

these are vanagon rears--I am discarding them to weld on 1988 beamer 735i rear drumdiscs--have a look and the frankenbrakes these are jy ready--seems that is the cheapest source anymore

If your plan on using VW size bearings and CVs could you start out with stock bearing carrier/steering knuckle and just cut off the excess metal then machine whats left to a finished OD? That i could do as i have a lathe. Machineing the ID to the close fit for a bearing and then adding the snap ring groves is tricky if you don't have the correct tooling, and I don't.

jimbbski:

I'm leaning that way. I've got plenty of spare knuckles.

Are you offering to help?

Supercoupe wrote: ewww..whatcha buildin'

I'll tell you that the ultimate target is 5.7 lbs/ hp.

Lemme guess, bike engine? ala D Sports Racer

VW engine.

SVreX wrote: jimbbski: I'm leaning that way. I've got plenty of spare knuckles. Are you offering to help?

We can talk about it.