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- From: EPLUS17@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Richard Engelbrecht-Wiggans)
- Subject: Re: New Phil Wood Hub question
- References: <1992Dec26.153430.13098@news.ysu.edu>
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- Organization: C.C.S.O.
- Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 02:45:04 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec26.153430.13098@news.ysu.edu>
- ae505@yfn.ysu.edu (Frank Krygowski) writes:
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- >
- >I've got Phil Wood hubs on my 14 year old tandem. Absolutely
- >bulletproof. Yes, the rear axle is internally threaded and takes
- >allen screws, although I've got vertical dropouts, so I could live
- >with a quick release. I guess I never bothered to change it.
- >
- >My new question: I've also never bothered to change the bearings.
- >Once or twice I've cleaned the outside of the bearing, peeled back
- >the rubber seal a bit, and gotten a bit of oil in there, but I
- >can't help but think they're no longer as good as new... or at
- >least, no longer as well lubricated.
- >
- >They came with a 5 year guarantee (in 1979), but they also said
- >they had to be returned to the factory for new bearings! Apparently
- >only Phil himself knows how to do this??
- >
- >Seriously, given the fact that I've got access to a machine shop:
- >anybody got any tips on a) lubricating and b)changing bearings in
- >the old non-user-servicable Phil Wood hubs? Thanks in advance.
- >
- We have (among others) a 1977 Phil Wood read tandem hub. The
- bearing/axle assembly in our hub is a cyclindrical object press
- fit into the hub/flange body assembly. If yours is the same,
- you should be able to press out the core and send it to Phil for
- a replacement. I'd check with him first though to make sure he
- still makes what you want. (I can't find his telephone number.)
-
- ..Richard E+17
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