jdmleggy97

First test fit went well, I hadnd purchased longer hardware yet so please excuse the random bolts

I plasma cut out the loyale bearings out and the Mrs.'s cleaned up and test the hole that remained, once I saw that this may work and the point of no return already passed I welded the plate onto the arm and headed home for a test fit!

That's not a bad idea at all, I would assume if you wanted to run the ebrake to the rear you can use Nissan or Honda calipers that would allow that!

I test fir the axle length and made sure it wasn't going to be way off seemed super close so I mocked up the backing plate to see how it would look and went to work. First I had to clean up the backing plate a little, then I made a proto of my mounting plate that will be welded to the loyale control arm. I've indicated in red what will be gutted and removed.

Actually I do, I'm still trying to figure out this page format as its not letting me add additional posts without quoting myself or anyone. Kinda confusing. But using the updated stuff allows me to have the parking brake in the rear and almost any new up to date rear caliper vs the xt6 which would still limit me.

First off I would like to say thank you for reading and showing intrest! This is my current project of aggravation! I came across a RS hatchback in pretty good shape and just had to buy it. As I started digging into swapping and converting things here and there and the overall costs of such endeavors I kept getting stuck on the situation with 5 lug swapping the rear end. Re-drilling my drums was a waste of time and money, as well as trying to source xt6 parts. Customs hubs was a thought but also costly and with all my available resources and knowledge of making things work I knew there had to be a better way. Then it dawned on me. Stop working with what's there, cut it out and replace it with something better from the start. Here is my creation! Below I removed the wheel and just looked at this dated setup and thought about mating a newer bearing setup to replace the old axle and drum. All of the 2nd gen stuff uses pressed in bearings which is way more work than its worth. Then I remembered the 3rd gen stuff (legacy) uses a more modern bolted on hub bearing! Off to the junk yard I went to grab a 3rd gen legacy rear axle, backing plate and hub bearing to start this transformation.