As someone needing to get some 3-piece hub barrels reconditioned, I was wondering if they have much life after regrinding or will the hardened surface be ground away? When hub barrels are rechromed, do the bearing surfaces get chromed too? I keep trying to find someone who has had this reconditioning done successfully so that I can get the names of competent restorers -- I would hate to send the work out and get a load of scrap back. Anyone know anyone suitable in the UK?
Hugh Thornton Nantwich UK
>From: NortonMarg@aol.com
>To: sachs@erols.com, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
>Subject: Re: [CR]Now: Nit picking, Was: Campagnolo Nuovo Tipo
>Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 19:39:32 EDT
>
>In a message dated 8/14/02 4:02:35 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
>sachs@erols.com
>writes:
>
><< By the way, I believe that my Schwinn Paramount 3-piece hubs (steel
>barrel,
> alloy shell) have the cups machined directly into the barrel. It's a
> feature, not an advantage... >>
>If they are the same as most 3 piece hubs, there are no separate cups. The
>bearings run directly on the metal of the steel center and when they pit,
>you
>have the choice of replacing the entire hub, or finding someone who will
>undertake the expensive regrinding operation after removing the flanges. In
>the day, hubs were replaced. The "innovative" Record alloy hub with the
>replaceable "machined and then ground" races was a major improvement over
>tossing the hubs. Now that these hubs are valuable collectors items, the
>relatively insane and expensive process of regrinding them (so as to NOT
>toss
>them) is more realistic than "in the day".
>Stevan Thomas
>Alameda, CA