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Old 05-08-2011, 06:26 PM
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4 to 5 lug rear swap help.

The front wheels were pretty straight forward the but rears ones are completely different. ive gotten the axle shaft off my parts car and removed the big 30mm nut in the back of the hub but it just wont budge. i dont know what to do from here. here are some pictures to show where im at. thanks in advance.
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ur car is 4 lug my 87 n/a is 5 lug thats wierd
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Originally Posted by Flacster
The front wheels were pretty straight forward the but rears ones are completely different. ive gotten the axle shaft off my parts car and removed the big 30mm nut in the back of the hub but it just wont budge. i dont know what to do from here. here are some pictures to show where im at. thanks in advance.
You may have to press them out. But they will come out.

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ur car is 4 lug my 87 n/a is 5 lug thats wierd
Don't use text message lingo in your posts. You look like an idiot when you do that. And what's weird about it? 84 and 85 NAs came with 4 lugs. It's normal.
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Originally Posted by AZ-ZBum
You may have to press them out. But they will come out.
I'll try to pry it out. Thanks
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so i couldnt get the hub off so i decided to try to take the whole control arm instead. unfortunately the inside bolt of the control arm will not come out. the other 2 came out just fine. i thought that i somehow striped the bolt till i got to the other side and came across the same problem. the bolt seems to have a different thread pattern than the other 2 bolts. seems that 3/4 of the bolt is threaded while the bottom side of the bolt is flat. it wont budge or move when i try to punch it out like the other bolts. here are some pics. any help please? thanks
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Originally Posted by AZ-ZBum
You may have to press them out. But they will come out.


Don't use text message lingo in your posts. You look like an idiot when you do that. And what's weird about it? 84 and 85 NAs came with 4 lugs. It's normal.
Well sorry but do you have to be such a grammar ****. :\
Not to jack ur thread flacster.
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i tried searching some more info on the web and found this post of another person have the exact same problem that im having. http://z31.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=1139&start=0 just in case if i wasnt descriptive enough.
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Probably the same issue. Parts have fused together with rust. Get a bigger hammer.
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order a can of kroil. Its the stronger version of pb blaster we use it at work it penetrates rusted parts up into 1thousands of an inch.
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Old 06-02-2011, 09:45 AM
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Finally finished last week end. Here are the before and after pictures! I also installed all new poly bushings!
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Old 06-02-2011, 10:30 AM
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good job i love those rims by the way i had a pair on my car and the other pair up front were the turbo style rims ghetto but i loved it.
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I forgot to mention that I also swaped in the turbo half shafts new brakes and rotors. I think the whole process from removing and installing everything took me about 24 hours of work.
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Originally Posted by tonsoffun300zx
good job i love those rims by the way i had a pair on my car and the other pair up front were the turbo style rims ghetto but i loved it.
Of course you did. Fits in with your ghettoness.
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Originally Posted by AZ-ZBum
Of course you did. Fits in with your ghettoness.
What sucks is I gave him a nice set of high quality chrome 88T wheels when I sold it to him.
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You can take the kid out of the trailer park, but you can't take the trailer park out of the kid.
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just to let you guys know i got the rusted chroms rims professionally powder coated black and threw some yokahoma s-drives on them
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Originally Posted by tonsoffun300zx
just to let you guys know i got the rusted chroms rims professionally powder coated black and threw some yokahoma s-drives on them
English is a second language for you, isn't it? Do they use punctuation in your native language?
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Originally Posted by AZ-ZBum
English is a second language for you, isn't it? Do they use punctuation in your native language?
na mesicans r not subjekt to propr engles sory homes!!!
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Originally Posted by tonsoffun300zx
just to let you guys know i got the rusted chroms rims professionally powder coated black and threw some yokahoma s-drives on them
So how where freshly chromed ALUMINUM wheels supposed to rust? Also you cannot paint/powder coat over chrome, as it will just flake off because the surface is too smooth.
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i had a professional sandblast then powdercoat them, and yes they were rusted. i wouldn't have powdercoated them black if they wern't.
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Originally Posted by tonsoffun300zx
i had a professional sandblast then powdercoat them, and yes they were rusted. i wouldn't have powdercoated them black if they wern't.
Yes, because aluminum can rust...
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true that maybe you got a shoddy chrome job and that rusted but whatever they are my rims and i did to them whatever i wanted to.
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