s-13 hicas rear 5-lug? - Zilvia.net Forums | Nissan 240SX (Silvia) and Z (Fairlady) Car Forum

racepar1 · 09-13-2008, 03:29 PM

We are trying to take my buddy's hicas car back to stock and ran into a little problem. The car was converted to 5-lug by the previous owner and when I went to put 4-lug hubs back on the rear I noticed that the stock hubs that I have won't work. It looks to have a set of hicas z-32 rear uprights/spindles and the 5-lug hubs are not removable from the spindles. They are not bolted in with 4 bolts like the s-13 hubs that I have seen. The bearings are pressed into the spindles/uprights and the hubs are pressed into the bearings. Are OE s-13 hicas rear spindles like that? Or do they have removable hubs just like the non-hicas rear uprights? We're trying to figure out what we have to do to take it back to stock and I have not worked on very many hicas cars before so I don't know for sure how the rear hubs are attached stock. Anybody have experience converting the rear of a hicas s-13 to 5-lug? Your help would be much appreciated, thanks.

MrMcgarrett · 09-13-2008, 04:08 PM

Sounds like it has J30 rear spindles/hubs on it.
You need to find some s13 hicas spindles.

racepar1 · 09-13-2008, 04:47 PM

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Originally Posted by MrMcgarrett

Sounds like it has J30 rear spindles/hubs on it.
You need to find some s13 hicas spindles.

Ya that is what we concluded. Good luck finding the hicas spindles I guess.

projectRDM · 09-13-2008, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by racepar1

Ya that is what we concluded. Good luck finding the hicas spindles I guess.

Ya, J30s were available with HICAS for a few years.

racepar1 · 09-13-2008, 06:29 PM

I discovered that you can press out the balljoints in the rear spindle for the hicas toe arms and press them right back into a stock s-13 rear spindle. CRISIS AVERTED! YAY! That means that my buddy that is buying the 5-lug conversion CAN use the rear 5-lug, he just needs to buy some energy bushings to press into the j-30 upright. I am tossing around the idea of him upgrading to the j-30 rear brakes as well as he now has a 30mm 300zx front set-up and the j-30 rears should bring the brake bias a bit more towards the rear. I know that z fronts with 240 rears LOVE to lock up the fronts and this might be a cheap solution for him.

Teambadrun · 09-14-2008, 01:40 AM

R33 skyline and S13 is the same, you need the hubs,spindles,brakes,,lines etc... and you can convert your s13 with hicas to 5 stud...???

projectRDM · 09-14-2008, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Teambadrun

R33 skyline and S13 is the same, you need the hubs,spindles,brakes,,lines etc... and you can convert your s13 with hicas to 5 stud...???

Nice reading skills. The car is already 5lug, he's switching it back to 4lug.

09-13-2008, 03:29 PM	#1
racepar1 Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Simi Valley, CA Age: 42 Posts: 9,006 Trader Rating: (106) Rides Gallery: racepar1 Feedback Score: 106 reviews	s-13 hicas rear 5-lug? We are trying to take my buddy's hicas car back to stock and ran into a little problem. The car was converted to 5-lug by the previous owner and when I went to put 4-lug hubs back on the rear I noticed that the stock hubs that I have won't work. It looks to have a set of hicas z-32 rear uprights/spindles and the 5-lug hubs are not removable from the spindles. They are not bolted in with 4 bolts like the s-13 hubs that I have seen. The bearings are pressed into the spindles/uprights and the hubs are pressed into the bearings. Are OE s-13 hicas rear spindles like that? Or do they have removable hubs just like the non-hicas rear uprights? We're trying to figure out what we have to do to take it back to stock and I have not worked on very many hicas cars before so I don't know for sure how the rear hubs are attached stock. Anybody have experience converting the rear of a hicas s-13 to 5-lug? Your help would be much appreciated, thanks.

09-13-2008, 04:08 PM	#2
MrMcgarrett Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Pomona, CA Age: 43 Posts: 5,591 Trader Rating: (313) Feedback Score: 313 reviews	Sounds like it has J30 rear spindles/hubs on it. You need to find some s13 hicas spindles.

09-13-2008, 06:29 PM	#5
racepar1 Post Whore! Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Simi Valley, CA Age: 42 Posts: 9,006 Trader Rating: (106) Rides Gallery: racepar1 Feedback Score: 106 reviews	I discovered that you can press out the balljoints in the rear spindle for the hicas toe arms and press them right back into a stock s-13 rear spindle. CRISIS AVERTED! YAY! That means that my buddy that is buying the 5-lug conversion CAN use the rear 5-lug, he just needs to buy some energy bushings to press into the j-30 upright. I am tossing around the idea of him upgrading to the j-30 rear brakes as well as he now has a 30mm 300zx front set-up and the j-30 rears should bring the brake bias a bit more towards the rear. I know that z fronts with 240 rears LOVE to lock up the fronts and this might be a cheap solution for him.

09-14-2008, 01:40 AM	#6
Teambadrun Zilvia Addict Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne,Australia Age: 46 Posts: 642 Trader Rating: (1) Feedback Score: 1 reviews	R33 skyline and S13 is the same, you need the hubs,spindles,brakes,,lines etc... and you can convert your s13 with hicas to 5 stud...???