Cheesedisease
Senior Retro Guru
Rebuilding BH Airlite Hubs - Cones Question
Just stripped an old Airlite track hub I picked up on Ebay. First time striping an old hub so excuse me if I don't explain myself in the best terminology!
Basically, I noticed one of the cones is a replacement, and appears to be a slightly different shape. The replacement is longer in terms of the inner section / surface that pushes on the ball-bearings (maybe 0.5mm to 1mm longer - no calipers at home to be precise). I'm wondering if this is going to be a problem? Could it cause play - perhaps possible it won't be able to be tightened down enough on the bearings due to it being longer once inside the hub shell? Or will it not matter once the bearings and grease are all packed in?
Hope that makes sense? I guess I might need to just build it back up to find out. But if anyone can save me that time it would be greatly appreciated. Then I'd just need to find a correct old cone! Anyone got such a thing?
Many thanks,
Daniel
Just stripped an old Airlite track hub I picked up on Ebay. First time striping an old hub so excuse me if I don't explain myself in the best terminology!
Basically, I noticed one of the cones is a replacement, and appears to be a slightly different shape. The replacement is longer in terms of the inner section / surface that pushes on the ball-bearings (maybe 0.5mm to 1mm longer - no calipers at home to be precise). I'm wondering if this is going to be a problem? Could it cause play - perhaps possible it won't be able to be tightened down enough on the bearings due to it being longer once inside the hub shell? Or will it not matter once the bearings and grease are all packed in?
Hope that makes sense? I guess I might need to just build it back up to find out. But if anyone can save me that time it would be greatly appreciated. Then I'd just need to find a correct old cone! Anyone got such a thing?
Many thanks,
Daniel