Originally Posted by
FREEBIRD1
I put some flat bars on it, serviced the brakes,and greased the bearings. It had fairly new modern tires on it, I'm sourcing the shifting parts. I tested the hub with a rod,and it works perfectly. I rode it around town for about 10 miles as a single speed, and it handles great, I like it, best of all it was free
One time when my daughter had crashed and broken the bell crank on a Shimano 3 speed hub, I was able to secure it in the middle gear by using an acorn nut on the end of the axle to hold the shift rod in place. It took some trial and error to find the sweet spot, then I locked the acorn nut in place with a thin jamb nut.