hey guys..
I bought a set of stage 5 axles aprox 2 years ago on ebay (directly from DSS) I ordered 2 OEM wheel bearings (44300-S5A-008) The wheel bearing I.D. is 1.693 (43mm) I got some 5 lug hubs and the O.D. of the hub is 1.772 (45mm). So the hub won´t fit nto the wheel bearing. Whats wrong? Is the hub incorrect or is it just a wrong bearing. This is what DSS says about their stage 5 axles:

We constantly strive to have the best products bar none, So we have decided to up the bar on the level 5 system for the 2005 season. When this system was originally developed cars were in the low 10 to high 9 second range and this was the set to have, Cars have evolved to nitrous snorting methane breathing monsters and we felt the level 5 was due to meet the demand of these Newer faster cars. What we have done is taken the outer c.v. from our level 6 system (if you running more than 800HP take a look at that new level 6 system its impressive) after that we upgraded the center from 32 to 34 splines and increased the size of the bar to 1.125 also, Then we made the inner c.v. even stronger to complete the system. This completely re-designed system is capable of 800HP at the wheels and up to a 28" tall tire. it is still the same price making it the strongest and most affordable proven axle system to date. the outer c.v. is so large it has to be used with either a 92+ c.v. spindle with abs or a 94+ Integra spindle (wheel bearing I.D. 1.693) The system uses the standard honda 27 spline inner for that factory fit.

I thing I ordered the correct bearings

 

where did you get your hubs, sounds like they are wrong. call dss the customer service is great.

 

They came with my axles. Those are DSS hubs too.

 

On my JDM 2000 ITR I had to go to a machine shop and they fabricated me a sleeve that went on the DSS stage 5 hubs because the center hole of the bearing (where the hub enters) was bigger than the diamiter of the hubs.

Before you do this, check that the bearing you got fits the inside of the spindle/knuckle . Because you might got the wrong bearings.

I am telling you this is because we tryd to make a 96 spec JDM ITR wheel bearing (since the inside diamiter of a 96 spec ITR was the same as DSS hubs) into my 98 spec spindle/knuckle and it didn`t fit , it was smaller from the outside diamiter.

Sorry if I confused you

Make shure that you got the correct bearing for your spindle/knuckle first.

GoodLuck.
Marlon.

 

We have seen some European Hondas come with different sized hubs and bearings being used.

 

yea but the DSS describtion says the O.D. of the hub should be 43mm and my wheel bearing has a 43mm I.D. too. But the hub is 45mm. I´m already in contact with DSS. They presume that I´ve got a RSX hub. Could anybody try to find out the I.D. and O.D of a RSX wheel bearing cause the RSX isn´t available here in germany. Would be great Also the DSS axle won´t fit into a stock EG6 hub. I hope thats ok Here´s a pic of the hubs and the axle... maybe you can see if I´ve got the wrong or right hubs




Modified by hovic at 11:26 AM 9/1/2006


Modified by hovic at 12:30 PM 9/1/2006

 

and here´s the next problem. I noticed that the DSS hub shaft is aprox. 2mm longer than the stock EG6/EDM ITR hub shaft.

DSS hub shaft length



DSS shaft O.D.



Stock EG6/EDM ITR shaft length



Stock EG6/EDM ITR shaft O.D