~ NOTE: continued from part one! having detailed our troubles with our trek’s obsolete helicomatic hub in part one of this two part series, one might wonder why we don’t ‘upgrade’ to something in more ‘advanced’ or at least in better shape.
notwithstanding the fact that new parts will never be available and the time a dipshit on the sidewalk actually touched our trek and said ‘you should get a different hub’, we know that italian shit is in vogue – touché – but we have always been francophiles at heart. we would rather push a citroën than drive a fiat.
also the helix onto which the cluster fits looks cool as shit.
poor pockmarked cone. will i ever find another?
screw that cone onto the axle.
place on the washer and lock nut.
flip the wheel over and pour bearings in other side of hub.
(we never removed this cone from axle.)
13 bearings on ‘left’ side of hub.
we forgot the plastic ring, and spilled the bearings when flipping wheel over to add it.
remove axle carefully and replace the plastic ring.
(do this before ever putting axle in, by the way).
hold up ring when you put bearings in for 2nd time.
13 bearings, again.
pack with grease and seal.
tighten up.
vive la france!
'anngav' responds:
when i first saw “trek” in the headline, i didn’t think this was going to be about bikes. color me disappointed.
21 May 2009 _ 07h07m06 EST [link]
'the angry red planet' responds:
once again, what’s on our minds couldn’t be further apart.
21 May 2009 _ 09h04m45 EST [link]
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