Is my hub shot?
02-19-13, 03:39 PM
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Is my hub shot?
I tried using the search function, but to no avail...Here are some pictures of my hub. It is a no-name steel freewheel hub. The bearing cup is no longer attached to the hub. There is a lip on the main hub piece preventing it from going back into the hub. How can this happen and is it fixable (I suspect not)?
02-19-13, 04:20 PM
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It's dead Jim!
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5000+ wheels built since 1984...
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3. I do not own the preexisting concepts of DISH and ERD.
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5. My all time favorite book is:
Kahane, Howard. Logic and Contemporary Rhetoric: The Use of Reason in Everyday Life
02-19-13, 04:45 PM
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+1
R.I.P.
This is a pretty low (bottom) level wheel. Even if you could save the hub, the repair cost would equal or exceed the cost of a new wheel.
R.I.P.
This is a pretty low (bottom) level wheel. Even if you could save the hub, the repair cost would equal or exceed the cost of a new wheel.
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02-20-13, 06:22 PM
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Thanks - I thought so, but just wanted to confirm with more experience people than myself
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It appears that the flange broke free from the center spindle, sank inwards and pushed the bearing cup out. I suppose you could slacken the spokes and push the spindle back in position in the flange, but then you'd need to come up with something clever to prevent the flange from sliding down the spindle again. Can't think of anything simple straight off that'd have a good chance of working. Soldering would probably work, but the flange is likely to come unseated on thermal expansion unless you remove all spoke tension.
If you'd be able to jam some wooden blocks between the flanges you could set a line of center punches in the flange to crimp the spindle in place.
If you'd be able to jam some wooden blocks between the flanges you could set a line of center punches in the flange to crimp the spindle in place.
02-21-13, 01:07 PM
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+1 Play Taps and give it an honorable burial.
02-21-13, 01:31 PM
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Its time has come........
02-21-13, 01:35 PM
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You Know!? For Kids!
I want that clock wheel for my garage! Off to scour the intarwebs for diy clock wheel kit.
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