Originally Posted by
oneclick
Clean everything and look at the bits.
Everything should be smooth and shiny, races (the line where the balls wear away at teir containign pieces) in the cups and on the cone should NOT have any pits or cracks.
And take photos - we want to see what happened. You hub wasn't supposed to do that.
Originally Posted by
clubman
Even if the inspection looks good, the heat generated could have been enough to take the temper out of of the cone races or distort the hub. You wouldn't want this to happen on a long downhill, it could lock up and throw you over the bars.
Well, as requested, photos:
Not very visible, but the chrome is cracking here.
Not very visible, but the chrome is cracking here.
Apologies for the poor lighting. The cups seem to have kept their shape, but on one of them (not sure which side this was when installed, unfortunately), the chrome plating is cracking, both in the cup and on the exterior.
Shape-wise I would feel fine using this again if it weren't for the possibility Clubman raised that the temper may have been lost. Not sure if the chrome is an indicator that the cup may have gotten hot.