Re: [CR]Old Campy hubs

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

From: <RALEIGH531@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2001 09:30:33 EST
Subject: Re: [CR]Old Campy hubs
To: davidg@iag.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 3/9/01 8:27:06 AM EST, davidg@iag.net writes:
> the races and clean the old grease
> I found two different sizes of bearings. The rear bearings were 1/4" and
> there were nine in each side. The front hub had 7/32" bearings, also with
> nine in each side. Now I've never disassembled a Campy hub before so I'm
> unfamiliar with the proper bearing sizes. Are these sizes correct for these
> hubs? Also, there are numbers on the cones the rear have 10x26 and the front
> have 9x25 or 26 (the numbers are hard to read), what do these stand for?

Sounds correct. The 10 x 26, and 9 x 26 refer to the threading, 10mm x 26 TPI (threads per inch). see: http://www.bikindex.com/tech/techdata.asp#axle

Pete Geurds
Douglassville, PA