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Reply to "Wide 5 conversion on long axle spyder? Other options?"

I believe that Carey at Beck no longer uses the long rear axle configuration in their Spyders.

I'm pretty sure that the offset between long and short axle is right around an inch. The difference in the bearing housing is the difference, the axle tubes are all the same. Short is 87mm, Long axle bearing housing is 117mm so 30 mm.

Spacers are required if the hub is short and the spline on the axle is long, both are around and common.

As Mark says, you should be able to do this relatively inexpensively. $4500 is a lot, but I guess not out of line if a shop does it. DIY would be a LOT less.

This link should help:

https://www.airkewld.com/VW-Ax...%20length,8%20Inches)(%20117%20mm).

The 4-lug Spyders used the 1968 long axle/long spline configuration AFAIK.

Last edited by DannyP
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