Originally Posted by jimv
Do you have a photo of your Suntour? While I was a huge fan of that company, the 2 Suntour coaster brakes that I have are 'rebadged' KT's (Kun Teng) like the Shimano hubs. Having said that, I do have an old Shimano hub (the origin of which is still a mystery) that is quite nice. The internals are almost a clone of the Sachs cone-clutch design with nice beefy shoes. The outside, unlike the Sachs, uses pressed-on flanges but the entire hub is definitely stronger (and heavier) than their current KT offering. Now I'm wondering if Suntour offered such a hub.
Have you had your hub apart? Do you have photos of the guts? If so I would love to see them.
Thanks
Jim
sorry, the suntour i ride is somewhat unique. a bmx company called JAD pressed suntour hub shells with guts into a 48 hole aluminum shell and resold them. this was after suntour stopped making their 48 hole steel shells. i know that suntour made two different internals versions of their coaster hubs. there is something stamped on the "inside" side of the arm that cosmetically identifies the different hubs. if i remember correctly, and don't quote me on this, one says japan and the other one maybe r.o.c. for taiwan. maybe tomorrow evening i'll dig out some extras from parts boxes i have and snap some pics...unless i end up drinking with some temptress.