Originally Posted by
jlaw
Question - if I can find two cones that will thread onto the axle properly, does it matter if they are for 1/4" ball bearings as opposed to the 5/32" bearings that are original to the Helicomatic?
As I was fiddling around with my spare Helicomatic hubs today, I wondered about that myself. I have not yet actually put such a hybrid setup into use, though. You'd think the smaller ball would ride on a slightly different level of the cone, but would that matter? Would you need an extra ball for a deeper cone? The only Helico hub I have actually built into a wheel is fine in all respects, so I don't really have the incentive to experiment with this right now.
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