Hello all, I have recently berg'd my mk2 golf but have a slight issue with the rear arches not being filled by the wheels any more so I bought some H&R spacers 45mm each side. I know these will kill the bearings quick time so I need to space the hub instead... or spend loads on a new set of wheels which is not an option at this point in time. So I was wondering what's the best way to go about it. Is it a case of welding a spacer to the axle or get a spacer made and bolt it through the original stub axle. All tho not sure about the later because of the loading the bolts will have to cope with. Any ideas or solutions would be wicked.
Guessing these just bolt up using the original holes with longer bolts. Are they steel or alloy spacers? May be interested if they are steel so i could weld them staight to the axle and then bolt the stub to the spacer. Just a bit worried about the length of the bolts I would have to use as I need 50mm worth of spacer each side. She's put on a few inches Neil
the spacers are steel There was a duscussion about the bolts and someone said the stub broke before the bolt on an ibiza rally car that had massive spacers. Ryan
There's a few wires crossed on that Ibiza - if it's a rallycross Ibiza you're talking about, that was a stub axle failure, which is rare. Stub axle spacer thread is here If you're going more extreme, you'll need to do something like this: Where did you get the Berg kit for the Mk2?
Now that's what i'm talking about! I saw that pic on the porn thread and couldn't work out how they were fixed. Looks like it's just bolted to the axle. So from what i've just read about the shear limits of stainless steel bolt on the link to the thread that Chris posted I'm now starting to come round to the idea of using long bolts to hold the spacers. It's a WL motorsport Berg kit. I've got a few pics of the rear arch work I carried out if anyone is thing about doing it / interested? I know what you mean about wide track greedy! 6inches a side should do the trick!
