mk2 Posted December 19, 2014 Report Share Posted December 19, 2014 I'm getting mixed messages from various sources about the compatibility of bearings for rear axles, with drum brakes (for my SDI). I know the GTi has ball bearing based hubs, but I get the impression that the bearings on drum based hubs are the exact same as mk2s, jettas, corrados, derby etc etc... roller bearings.I don't want to start work only to find I've got the wrong type.Anyone got a definite answer? Even on ETKA it's not obvious as there are so many options.thanks guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 all lupos regardless of brake type have the same roller bearing hub things.The disc ones fit drum ones and other way around.I know what you're thinking of with the golf ones, I run 6n2 rears on my mk2 because I prefer the bearing set up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2 Posted December 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 all lupos regardless of brake type have the same roller bearing hub things.The disc ones fit drum ones and other way around.I know what you're thinking of with the golf ones, I run 6n2 rears on my mk2 because I prefer the bearing set up.Yup Also, the difference in price is huge... You can get a set of mk2 bearings for £5. A complete assembled hub for the lupo is about £30. What's so hard about knocking out the old bearings? Ok, so you do need to adjust them just right. No big deal. Thanks Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 20, 2014 Report Share Posted December 20, 2014 £6.30 for a mk2 bearing at ECP currently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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