Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
This assumes a condition prior to the hub overhaul that if one of my co workers made I would scold them if things didn't work out on the first attempt to reassemble. We have no idea if the wheel sat in line with the frame/seat post before. We have no idea if this wheel is the OEM one or if, over the nearly 40 years, it had been exchanged for another.
We, here, can teach how to think or how to repair by numbers. I prefer to teach critical thinking and how to figure stuff out instead of giving the simple sometimes right answer. Andy
OK. It's time to try plan B. Look around the shop for another bike with the same or similar rear hub axle & spacing. Copy that & you're good to go. (I can never remember how things go together myself. I keep stuff like crank arms, pedal spindles, & bottom brackets within reach just to confirm stuff like thread direction and other stuff),