What to do with a stripped hub?
 

Hey guys,

My friend got his hub stripped and is giving it to me.

Would a regular fixed cog work on the free side, basically having a so called "suicide hub".

and would a lockring fit on the free side as well, i heard i would have to use a regular bottom bracket lock ring?


I am running a front brake, so the suicide part isnt fully there.


thanks!

lockring wouldn't work, it wouldn't do anything because you couldn't even thread it on (wrong thread direction.

You could use a fixed cog but would have to weld it or tap screws in order for it not to screw off during skidding.

It should work, with varying degrees of success. I knew one guy who who was always spinning the cog off his suicide hub when he would skid, and another guy who had to put the cog in a vise and have 3 people reef on it to get the cog off.

Liberally grease the cog and hub threads, then rotafix it on. make sure to put a rag between the bottom bracket shell and the chain if you like your paint, and make sure the chain doesn't slip off onto the cranks when your tightening the cog. If you're going to use locktite, use the weakest kind (blue, i think) or you will have a hell of a time getting the cog off when it wears out.

that should pretty much cover it.

Just use a freewheel? Ain't nothing wrong with SS.

Its fine if you are using a brake also. Grease the threads and go hammer up a hill. That thing will be plenty tight unless you make some significant effort to get it off.

jim

Thanks for the advice guys.

Would skidding pretty much be a no go, since it would unlock the cog?

Also, do i add the loctite over the grease?

thanks!

You should be fine skidding once you get it on there tight. Before I made myself a 1/8" chain whip, my method for getting a cog off would be to remove the lockring and then go try and skid it loose.... and it really never worked, and that's with grease.