JB Weld + blown cassette freehub + potential fixed wheel?
12-14-06, 04:10 PM
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JB Weld + blown cassette freehub + potential fixed wheel?
So I searched a bit, but found only about JB Welding stripped cogs/lockrings. (sorry, kinda' long)
One of my mtb wheels is built around a Hope Buld hub, which is now totally blown. Enough so that sending it to the Hope facility here in the states is resulting an a "nope, we can't repair it at all, so we'll send you a new hub" response. Already replaced the wheel with a Hadley hub build, so no issues there.
So what about pulling everything apart, and gooping up the freehub internals with JB Weld? So long as I"m careful enough to not mess up the ability of the hub/bearing/axle interface to spin, this could salvage it for use. I wouldn't be able to sell it for much, and the rim isn't in decent enough shape to be worth selling/swapping to another hub either. I figure, what's to lose?
Been really digging fixed on the road for the last couple years, this would be a way to try it offroad with my hardtail (which I can get decent chain tension on in a few gear combos)
Anyone done this? Bad idea?
One of my mtb wheels is built around a Hope Buld hub, which is now totally blown. Enough so that sending it to the Hope facility here in the states is resulting an a "nope, we can't repair it at all, so we'll send you a new hub" response. Already replaced the wheel with a Hadley hub build, so no issues there.
So what about pulling everything apart, and gooping up the freehub internals with JB Weld? So long as I"m careful enough to not mess up the ability of the hub/bearing/axle interface to spin, this could salvage it for use. I wouldn't be able to sell it for much, and the rim isn't in decent enough shape to be worth selling/swapping to another hub either. I figure, what's to lose?
Been really digging fixed on the road for the last couple years, this would be a way to try it offroad with my hardtail (which I can get decent chain tension on in a few gear combos)
Anyone done this? Bad idea?
12-14-06, 04:26 PM
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interesting. i have no input, but it sounds interesting.
12-14-06, 04:26 PM
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https://fixedgeargallery.com/articles/panula/freehub/
That could work.
That could work.
12-14-06, 05:01 PM
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Bulb hubs aint cheap. Just get your warranty hub and sell it on Ebay, then use the money to buy a set of true fixed hubs.
12-14-06, 05:14 PM
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Originally Posted by AfterThisNap
Bulb hubs aint cheap. Just get your warranty hub and sell it on Ebay, then use the money to buy a set of true fixed hubs.
But thanks for the idea. Yeah, considering I paid for them all initially, I know how much they cost.
I've got two fixed rear wheels (700c) already, neither of which will play friendly with my mtb hardtail rear end, which is why I'm thinking of trying this with the blown hub/wheel.
12-14-06, 05:21 PM
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Originally Posted by dirtyphotons
if you keep your brakes what could go wrong?
12-14-06, 06:35 PM
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This a bit different but it may help. https://scoplaw.blogs.com/scoplaw/200..._make_a_f.html
12-14-06, 06:42 PM
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I would pack the sh!% out of it with JB weld then. I'd be afraid the prawls would squish some out of the way leaving huge voids where the JB would act as a structural member of a newly fixed wheel. Is the cass. body aluminum? I would stitch weld the cass. body to the hub body in two or three places around the hub to keep a check on rotation (fully welding it may warp the hub flange too much).
Do it to it. Let us know how it works out.
Do it to it. Let us know how it works out.
12-14-06, 06:54 PM
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Originally Posted by AfterThisNap
I would pack the sh!% out of it with JB weld then.
And I figure to let it sit and cure for a good long while before any use.
12-14-06, 06:58 PM
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I've considered this many times for the trail, and think it will work fine.
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12-14-06, 07:44 PM
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my buddy did exacfly this...lasted 2 weeks. it promptly destroyed itself a day after he learned to skid. worked as a fine temporary solution, though.
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12-15-06, 08:16 AM
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Whatever you do, don't forget about this thread!
12-15-06, 08:30 AM
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I've used an entire two-tube pack of JB to ghetto-rig old freewheels into fixies. Actually, I've done some crazy sh*t with the stuff. It works, but it'll always be ghetto and prone to failure.
12-16-06, 12:54 AM
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I read an aricle today of a guy who sawed off the horizontal dropouts on his bike and JD Welded them back on facing the rear.... looks well done... amazing... I think it was an article on FFG... wish I had bookmarked it.
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12-16-06, 01:23 AM
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Hey I found it...
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/resources/brooks/
It's kinda weird-looking but I am just amazed that there is a product like that available!
https://www.fixedgeargallery.com/resources/brooks/
It's kinda weird-looking but I am just amazed that there is a product like that available!
