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Old 12-08-19 | 11:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Bill Kapaun
You keep the parts with the FH body you use.
You didn't think that one through very well.
Replacement FH bodies do not include the parts to make the old axle correctly sealed when going from Uniglide 6 speed to combi UG/HG or straight HG 7 speed.

And you cannot use the old UG axle seal because it interferes with the new Hyperglide lock ring. I have done this conversion and know what I’m talking about here. The gap is pretty small on the Shimano 105 six speed to 7 speed conversion I did. So I did not worry too much about a less than perfect seal. I ran it with a Wheels Manufacturing 137mm chromoly axle and the original cones, spacers and lockrings. Slight re-dishing of the rear wheel was needed to center the rim since the 7 speed freehub body is wider than the 6 speed one.
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