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Old 02-11-09, 03:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Bill Kapaun
IF you have 140MM spacing, you probably have extra spacers already installed to take up the extra room.
A new free hub body and 8/9 speed cassette would probably work fine by just removing 4-5 MM of spacing on the DS! I don't think you would have to redish.
Look at the DS of the hub and see if you have an extra 5MM or so of spacer under the lock nut.
Given the point of the wide spacing is to minimize dish on heavily loaded wheels, the extra spacers probably went on the NDS.
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