Changing tack on my earlier suggestion to lace the non drive side I can now see that there is a possibility of damaging the hub that way. Some hubs, even pretty good ones like a Sunshine Gyromaster are spin welded to join the two halves at the center of the barrel. What about multi-piece press fit hubs? Also the amount of torque required to remove a freewheel is so variable.
Joe
At 11:17 PM 6/20/01 -0400, jackieosullivan@worldnet.att.net wrote:
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>David scribed:
>> You can tell when a Campy or other grease-port-drilled hub has had this
>> done to it--the oil hole in the middle of the barrel will be ovalled or
>> bean-shaped if too much force was used; the sure sign of flanges twisted
>> out of line with each other.
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>To say nothing of micro cracks, or even completely invisable disruptions
>of the crystaline structure of the metal that result in embrittlement. I
>would actually rather hose the hub than have invisable damage that
>might manifest at an inopportune time...
>
>> > BC's idea to make your own Hoshi-style dogleg bent spoke heads and lace
>> them
>> > on the right was a great one. I bet with those you wouldn't even need
>> > to lace the left at all, completely removing the risk of twisting the
>> > hub barrel. I hope I remember that the next time I have to do it!
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>This will work--I had forgotten about this more labor-intensive approach,
>which I have seen employed on sm flange hubs.
>
>I can imagine the one flange method working, but I think it would be my
>court of last resort, but I tend toward the conservative (at least in the
>mechanical realm!)
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>Jackie
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