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Old 03-21-11 | 10:25 AM
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Bikes: 1940s Fothergill, 1959 Allegro Special, 1963? Claud Butler Olympic Sprint, Lambert 'Clubman', 1974 Fuji "the Ace", 1976 Holdsworth 650b conversion rando bike, 1983 Trek 720 tourer, 1984 Counterpoint Opus II, 1993 Basso Gap, 2010 Downtube 8h, and...

Okay, rather than start a new thread, I thought I'd just hijack this one for my own personal purposes. I hope no one minds too much.

I recently built a 1950 DYNO4FOUR hub (= FG) into a CR18 26 x 1 3/8 rim and installed it on my Fothergill. I bought the hub fairly cheap on ebay over a year ago, did some cursory cleaning and lubrication but have not completely overhauled it pending testing, which of course was pending building it into a wheel.

So I rode it about 50 miles yesterday. And...

Cable adjustment seems to be correct; it slipped only once, when in H gear. Didn't slip in N once.

But in both L and B it would slip every five or ten revolutions of the crank. Slippage was momentary; one kerchunk it would catch again, and be good for another several revolutions. I found that I could prevent slippage if I backpedaled for an instant, which I guess was enough to let the pawl(s) reengage a bit, after a few revolutions of the crank. But I didn't enjoy riding this way. I thought maybe a few hours of constant use would improve the hub's performance; but it did not.

So tonight, or tomorrow night, I'm taking it apart, inspecting, cleaning, and putting it back together. I'd be happy to replace parts that need replacement, but
I don't have replacement parts. I do have more hubs (AW's), mostly newer. Some parts are the same... some are not.

Oh, and a separate issue: the trigger won't hold it in B gear.

Suggestions?

Last edited by rhm; 03-21-11 at 10:37 AM. Reason: Forgot the trigger issue.
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