Are front steering 'knuckles' the same between 4 & 5 lug?

need RX7 · 03-11-2011, 08:17 PM

I'm considering swapping brakes between my 2 FCs (one is 4-lug and the other is 5-lug). I figure the easiest way to go about it would be to take off the rear axle nuts and swap the rear knuckles complete without disassembling them, but how about the front? Could I get away with un bolting the hub themselves and swapping them, or are the caliper mounts different between the 2 types of front knuckles?

89Rotary · 03-11-2011, 10:18 PM

Caliper mounts a definatly different from the 4 to 5 lugs.

one should be a 4 pot brake the other a single pot brake.

***TitaniumTT*** · 03-12-2011, 12:24 AM

Knuckles are the same. I just swapped hubs

need RX7 · 03-12-2011, 02:31 AM

Kewlzorz, thanks. Now if only we would stop getting random snow flurries...

03-11-2011, 08:17 PM	#1
need RX7 Clean S4 Nutswinger Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sterling Heights, MI iTrader: (0) Posts: 485 Rep Power: 17	Are front steering 'knuckles' the same between 4 & 5 lug? I'm considering swapping brakes between my 2 FCs (one is 4-lug and the other is 5-lug). I figure the easiest way to go about it would be to take off the rear axle nuts and swap the rear knuckles complete without disassembling them, but how about the front? Could I get away with un bolting the hub themselves and swapping them, or are the caliper mounts different between the 2 types of front knuckles? __________________ -Ted -1986 Mazda RX7 Sport [DD/beater]: engine finally let go at 205k. parts car status. -1986 Mazda RX7 base [resto-mod project]: S5 n/a swap in progress.

03-11-2011, 10:18 PM	#2
89Rotary GTUs 6 Port Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Avondale, AZ iTrader: (0) Posts: 47 Rep Power: 0	Caliper mounts a definatly different from the 4 to 5 lugs. one should be a 4 pot brake the other a single pot brake. __________________ Jake B "Built NEVER Bought" 1989 Mazda FC3S GTUs *TII Swap In Progress* "Days Of Spoken Legend Has Come To An End, The Curtain Of The New Rotary Era Has Been Raised"

03-12-2011, 12:24 AM	#3
*TitaniumTT* Test Whore - Admin Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right Behind you son iTrader: (4) Posts: 4,581 Rep Power: 10	Knuckles are the same. I just swapped hubs __________________ -The Angry Stig- DGRR 2009, 2011, 2012 & 2013 - Best FC DEALS GAP!! WOOHOOOO!!!!! 2015 Audi S4 - Samantha - Zero Brap S4 2004 RX8 - Jocelyn - 196rwhp, 19mpg fuel to noise converter 2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport - Wifey mobile - Now with 2.5" OME lift and 30" BFG AT KO's! So it begins 1998 Jeep Cherokee - 5 spd, 4" lift, 33" BFG's - Rotary Tow Vehicle 1988 'Vert - In progress 1988 FC Coupe - Gretchen -The attention whore BEAST! I'm a sick individual, what's wrong with you? I'm pure Evil I'm still insane, in the best possible way. I think Brian's idea of romance is using lube. Your rage caused the meteor strike in Russia. The Antichrist would be proud of his minion. You win with your thread. Most everything It's a truck with a steel gate on the back. Just a statement of fact Motec M820, AIM dash, ported 13B-RE Cosmo, 6-spd trans, 4.3 Torsen, custom twin wg fully divided mani, Custom 4" split into 2x 3" exhaust, Custom HMIC, Custom custom custom custom I like to welder stuff.... No Bolt-ons allowed. Dyno'ed @ Speed1 Tuned by me - 405rwhp on WG.... WM50 cuming soon. *-Angry Motherfcker Mode ENGAGED-**

03-12-2011, 02:31 AM	#4
need RX7 Clean S4 Nutswinger Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sterling Heights, MI iTrader: (0) Posts: 485 Rep Power: 17	Kewlzorz, thanks. Now if only we would stop getting random snow flurries... __________________ -Ted -1986 Mazda RX7 Sport [DD/beater]: engine finally let go at 205k. parts car status. -1986 Mazda RX7 base [resto-mod project]: S5 n/a swap in progress.