Is my hub toast?
08-20-06, 01:02 AM
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Is my hub toast?
Here it is:
I was told I overtightened it. It looks like it may have been this way a while, though. It's a track hub. That's not rust in the pic, just grease. It seems to me the bearings won't have a nice round place to sit in... If you can't tell, the top left side is kind of flat like there's no metal there rising up at all.
I was told I overtightened it. It looks like it may have been this way a while, though. It's a track hub. That's not rust in the pic, just grease. It seems to me the bearings won't have a nice round place to sit in... If you can't tell, the top left side is kind of flat like there's no metal there rising up at all.
08-20-06, 06:30 AM
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It might be easier to see if you removed the dustcap and cleaned the grease away...
08-20-06, 06:59 AM
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Originally Posted by LWaB
It might be easier to see if you removed the dustcap and cleaned the grease away...
08-20-06, 07:33 AM
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Clean the hub completely and check the condition of the race. If it's pockmarked, deformed or scored, the hub should be discarded. If the race is clean, round and free of damage the hub is usable. We can't tell anything from your photo at this point.
08-20-06, 12:23 PM
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It is deformed, that's the part I was describing as flattened, and you can see it bend over near the bottom. Oh well, I wanted new wheels anyway...
