Are these Shimano 600 uniglide hubs?
05-26-17, 12:24 PM
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Are these Shimano 600 uniglide hubs?
So I've had these wheels for a while and i realized that the hubs look very similar to the once on my Mercier which are 600 arabesque. and i wonder if the one shown in the picture are a shimano 600 uniglide hub?
https://goo.gl/photos/ScUdjS9pRgYQfrKHA
https://goo.gl/photos/ScUdjS9pRgYQfrKHA
05-26-17, 01:47 PM
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What you have is a 1980 model (but manufactured in August 1979) Shimano 600EX freehub, part number FH-6261. Uniglide refers to the twisted tooth design of the cassette cogs, which facilitate shifts.
05-26-17, 01:56 PM
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What does the "D" and "H" stand for? I have a uniglide hub and 6 speed cassette also.
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D is 1979
H is August
Date of Manufacture of Bicycle Components can be used to date a bike: component dating
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Nice, my uniglide is from 1980, cool thanks.
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It's not the hub that makes it "Uniglide;" it's the tooth profile on the cluster. The original Shimano freehubs had Uniglide cassettes, but the OP's hub is a threaded hub for a freewheel. The black oil clip suggests a 600 level hub. I can't see the freewheel teeth well enough to determine if it is a Uniglide freewheel.
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It's not the hub that makes it "Uniglide;" it's the tooth profile on the cluster. The original Shimano freehubs had Uniglide cassettes, but the OP's hub is a threaded hub for a freewheel. The black oil clip suggests a 600 level hub. I can't see the freewheel teeth well enough to determine if it is a Uniglide freewheel.
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Looking at this picture (from the Google Pictures link), the OP has a Uniglide cassette Freehub rear hub and not a threaded hub for a freewheel.
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05-27-17, 12:33 AM
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Thanks for the answers, It's a uniglide freehub, I just wanted to know the model of the hub. As for replacing a uniglide cassette, do you buy a new hyperglide cassette and then file down the wide spline so it fits, is that the easiest and cheapest way?
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Yes you can use HyperGlide cogs by filing down the wide spline, however you'll have to retain the outer, threaded on Uniglide cog.
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