Re: [CR] Phil Wood Disc Brake - How do you removed the threaded spline from the hub

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Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2010 08:32:19 -0800
To: Ken Wallace <kwallace@cableone.net>, CLASSIC RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
From: "Jan Heine" <heine94@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR] Phil Wood Disc Brake - How do you removed the threaded spline from the hub

At 7:09 PM -0700 1/10/10, Ken Wallace wrote:
>Thanks for any help on this.

To remove the threaded spline of the Phil Wood disc brake from the hub, apply the brake and move the bike backwards...

However, I find they make a great protection for the threads, so I left mine on my Jack Taylor tandem, even though I removed the disc/caliper/cables/lever.

Jan Heine
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