Worn hub fixed!
Posted: October 1st, 2007, 11:07 am
So the wheel on my AF had A LOT of slop in the bearings and I really didn't want to buy a new hub. I did all the research and tried everything, the gap was too large for green loctite or peening (probably .020"-.030"). After some searching I found some stuff from Loctite, formula 660. I searched around locally and only $$$grainger$$$ had it and they wanted close to $25 for a tiny tube...fuck that...
I found it on ebay for under $10 shipped
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0156582428
and had some money sitting in my paypal acct...WIN-WIN
The stuff looks like a watered down JB weld with metal flakes in it.
SO I put the new bearings in the freezer (to get past the area where the seal sits which wasn't worn), then lightly coated both the inner race on the hub and outside of the bearing and twisted them in. put the axle in to keep them lined up and let it sit overnight. I made sure not to get it all over the outside of the bearings.
Went for a couple rides on it w/o any probs...2 thumbs up for Loctite 660
I found it on ebay for under $10 shipped
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0156582428
and had some money sitting in my paypal acct...WIN-WIN
The stuff looks like a watered down JB weld with metal flakes in it.
SO I put the new bearings in the freezer (to get past the area where the seal sits which wasn't worn), then lightly coated both the inner race on the hub and outside of the bearing and twisted them in. put the axle in to keep them lined up and let it sit overnight. I made sure not to get it all over the outside of the bearings.
Went for a couple rides on it w/o any probs...2 thumbs up for Loctite 660