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tyler3400
05-17-04, 05:32 PM
i bought a acs free wheel that is meant for lhd setups. but i kept the stock hub it was origionally a right side drive hub.can i put the free wheel on and us the hub for a left drive even tho it wasnt meant for it but the free wheel is..? if not what hub should i get and where can i get it? thanks
OneTinSloth
05-17-04, 07:08 PM
it won't work. the threads on the hub are designed so that the freewheel tightens as you pedal forward in a normal right-hand drive situation. if you just turn it around, pedaling forward with a LHD freewheel on it would just spin the freewheel off.
i though most LHD setups were cassette hubs nowadays...but i'm sure that there are at least two companies still making thread-on style hubs for LHD. as for where to get it, try trend bike source, or dans competition or albe's. they all have ads in rideBMX.
personally, i think LHD is a waste of time and money. if yo'ure bashing your chain or freewheel up on grinds, either get smoother, or get yourself a hubguard.