Originally Posted by
canam73
Alright. It's hard not to be skeptical of things I haven't seen first hand. Aluminum corrosion I have seen, although not specifically causing problems on bicycle hubs. Deformation of bearing bores I have not, all though I do have at least one set of wheels built with 6061 hubs shells (WI H2/H3) and the last time I checked they were ~100nm front and 125/60nm rear.
We were building complete alloy wheels here for an OE customer and had to halt production because of this issue.
I just finished a front wheel sample that developed this issue in the truing stand. It does happen.
Corrosion is an issue for guys who ride the trainer a lot and sweat all over their bikes. I've never seen a hub corrode on the inside but have seen some polished hubs suffer on the outside after a few years of use.