Re: [CR]Wanted: Phil Track Hub bolts

(Example: Framebuilding:Tubing:Falck)

Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2006 14:42:12 -0500
From: "James Swan" <jswan@optonline.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Wanted: Phil Track Hub bolts
In-reply-to: <43CAA324.2010702@cox.net>
To: hsachs@alumni.rice.edu
References: <43CAA324.2010702@cox.net>
cc: Classic Rendezvous <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>

I was going to suggest the same thing but the problem isn't so much the bolts as the washers. Those are propriety parts. How about getting them from Phil & Co?

Regards, Jamie Swan Centerport Cycles Inc. 245 Main St. Northport, N.Y. 11768 631-262-0909 http://www.centerportcycles.com (mapped) http://www.cabinfeverliquidations.com http://www.limws.org http://www.liatca.org

On Jan 15, 2006, at 2:31 PM, Harvey M Sachs wrote:
> Lou -
> I don't have experience specifically with the track hubs, but there
> are a couple of possibilities:
>
> In my box of Phil spares there are fixing bolts in both 5/16" x 24
> tpi, and 3/8" x 24 tpi. I think that these are both standard SAE NF
> (fine) threads. Respctively, these take 1/4" and 5/16" allen keys
>
> I believe that the later ones may have been metric-threaded.
>
> I'd wander down to the local hardware store and exclude the easy ones.
> Up in the attic there are some Phil hubs that are later, which I've
> always used with QR skewers. For you, I'll go up in the cold dark
> space, fetch the wheels, and try to see what if any bolts lying around
> fit them -- if one of these options doesn't work. :-)
>
> harvey sachs
> mcLean va
> Lou Deeter wrote:
> I'm in need of a set of bolts that screw into a Phil front hub to
> hold the fork in place. Please email off-list. Thanks. Lou Deeter,
> Orlando FL