Originally Posted by
wahoonc
AFAIK all Nottingham built AW's have the neutral.
Nope. 1984, AW N.I.G. ("No In-between Gear") for Columbia USA:
External photo:
http://www.sturmey-archerheritage.com/detail.php?id=135
Parts diagram sketch:
http://www.sturmey-archerheritage.co...s/view-135.gif
The re-designed driver is quite similar to that on the current AW's.
Originally Posted by
wahoonc
There was some upgrade? done in the mid to late 80's? IIRC it had something to do with the pawls.
If you look at the parts blowup for the new models (and the '84 Columbia hub above), you will see that the issue lay in the shape of the driver.
-Kurt