Sammy's CF Bedford Van

[rumax]

That's good to know. I always thought it was only mini's that had a cable wiper set-up. 

[Sammy]

well not alot of progress to show, but i have been studying restoreids pictures and harrassing him for details of his setup for the brakes (thanks reid!)

so i have decided to purchase some of the below pictured hubs, and once mounted on the stub axle with the right bearings i plan to start working on adaptor plates to fit the calipers to the stub.

and you can rest assured i will be trying to document this all as best as i can for you guys and also for the engineer, so stay tuned

[Sammy]

my adaptor hubs turned up early this morning

so i went and worked out the right bearings to get so i could start fitting it all up!!

like the others i got the falcon bearings for the inners, these go directly into the holden hub and then fit on the stock bedford stub axle, and with the outer needing to be machined i got one that has a fractionally smaller cup diameter than the stock bedford one but its more of a common one and its got approx 1500lb higher load rating ... not that i expect it to be a problem but it can't hurt!

i put the hub on using the washer to retain it and got the disc on there so i can start working on the adaptor plate....

hopefully this weekend i can make some progress on that and also get the hubs machined soon!

so its starting to come together slowly! and its awesome to finally have some progress on the bedford, even if it was only 1hr in the shed

[restoreid]

Good on you Sammy That smaller outer diam bearing is a great idea wish I thought of that Keep the pix coming How much were the hubs

[Sammy]

Thanks restroreid!

hubs have been dropped off to my mates workshop to machine the outers this morning, hopefully have them done by the end of the week.

the hubs were $195 delivered off ebay, they didn't come with bearings which was perfect for my needs, although they did come with holden cups in them so had to bash them out!

for those interested, the inner bearing is

XA - XF Falcon
Cone L68149
Bore ID. 34.987mm - 1.3775in
Cup L68110
Cup OD. 59.131mm - 2.3280in

and the Bedford outer can be used or in my case I got the following which is almost identical other than being .6mm smaller and having a slightly higher load rating.

CF Bedford - Outer
Cone 07100-S or SA
Bore ID. 25.4mm - 1.00in

Cup 07210X
Cup OD. 50.8mm - 2.000in
Width 15.011mm - 0.5910in

Alternative Options with non bedford set
Cone L44643
Bore ID. 25.4mm - 1.00in

Cup L44610
Cup OD. 50.292mm - 1.9800in
Width 14.224mm - .5600in

I wasn't particularly looking for that bearing originally I was just trying to find one that might go in without any machining but there isn't anything, but in my research I found that one with the higher load rating and the guy at the bearing shop said its a more common one so that may just mean in the future its easier to source!

[restoreid]

Well done Sammy I hope everyone is taking notice & writing all this down I looked at those trailor hubs when I picked up the bearings & thought at the time would they work O well You might have to machine a bit on the outside of the inner hub to clear the bolt head's that hold the calipur bracket on just check that

[Sammy]

don't worry im planning to keep it all documented and put it together in a big write up once im done.

with the original bolt heads they just miss the hub so allen heads would be perfect like yours, but I have a theory on that which I need to prove yet, but thinking have threads in the adaptor plate and bolts from the inside of the stub through and into the plate, so they are flush on the outside!

also I have a feeling my hubs bring the offset in a bit compared to yours so I just need to see where everything sits to ensure I can do what I want!

[Gordon]

Those hubs look the business Sammy. Damn good idea. Much cheaper than having brand new hubs fabricated like I did.

[Sammy]

ouch yeah I bet!

I was going to do the same as restoreid, but long long ago I threw out all the hubs I had so I would have had to buy something either way so figured get the correct hubs to begin with so less work even if they cost a bit more!

I have the same thing on my Gemini which just requires using Gemini bearings and they work really well so I knew it was a sure thing!

[Sammy]

have managed to get the template mostly made, but can't finish it off till I get my hubs back so I can work out the caliper locations.