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reassembling KH hub

Sigurd · 2005-04-06T22:49:42+00:00

*puts thread in RSU this time* I took apart my Summit today to clean and regrease and I am in a dilemma. Should I put the cranks, bearings and spacers on first, and THEN put it all in the frame, or put the wheel in the frame, bolt it in and THEN put the cranks on? I ask because if I put the fully assembled wheel with cranks on, then I can't get the bearing holders tight enough to not loosen while riding and the tapered washer on the outside scrapes the heck out of the bearing holder. Now if I put the wheel in and then bolt the cranks on, by the time I get them tightened, they are pinching the tapered washer against the frame and making the wheel not turn. What if I just flip the tapered washer around so the taper is pointing in instead of out? -- Sigurd - Aspiring street/trials unicyclist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sigurd's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/6801 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/39436

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Sigurd
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6 April 2005, 22:49 UTC #1

*puts thread in RSU this time*
I took apart my Summit today to clean and regrease and I am in a
dilemma. Should I put the cranks, bearings and spacers on first, and
THEN put it all in the frame, or put the wheel in the frame, bolt it in
and THEN put the cranks on?
I ask because if I put the fully assembled wheel with cranks on, then I
can't get the bearing holders tight enough to not loosen while riding
and the tapered washer on the outside scrapes the heck out of the
bearing holder.
Now if I put the wheel in and then bolt the cranks on, by the time I get
them tightened, they are pinching the tapered washer against the frame
and making the wheel not turn. What if I just flip the tapered washer
around so the taper is pointing in instead of out?
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brockfisher05
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6 April 2005, 23:03 UTC #2

it doesnt matter at all
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jagur
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6 April 2005, 23:09 UTC #3

oh big game time desition here.😄 its really players choice.
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john_childs
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7 April 2005, 01:20 UTC #4

Flip the tapered washer around. That will keep it from rubbing on the
frame.
The tapered washer spacer is just cosmetic. I don't actually like them
because they're more trouble than they're worth. I'd rather replace
them with standard style washers or spacers. That's exactly what I do
with my Profile hubs. Profile also comes with a big tapered spacer. I
replace the tapered spacer with a couple of the regular washer style
Profile spacers.
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Sigurd
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7 April 2005, 02:45 UTC #5

Thanks. Let me rephrase. I guess I wasn't looking for help on which
way to put the spacer but which order to assemble. Cranks on wheel,
wheel on frame or wheel in frame, cranks on wheel?
Yeah, and all that rubbing has given those spacers a nice sharp edge
too.....might take those off.
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jagur
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7 April 2005, 02:49 UTC #6

advice has been posted up top by two and a tip by one.
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Sigurd
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8 April 2005, 19:13 UTC #7

Thanks for the help guys. I'm going to run the spacers flange-in to see
if that stops the scraping. Next issue--is it possible to pull the axle
through the hub? I seem to be having centering issues. I tried to
tighten one crank while the wheel was off the frame, and now the wheel
sits in the frame kinda funny. I don't know why I'm having such a hard
time with this. Usually I just put the wheel on and forget about
it....😕
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jagur
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8 April 2005, 20:48 UTC #8

yeah you can pull it through. the trick is to tighten both bolts evenly
till they both are tight.
first get the axle back to the center.
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Sigurd
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12 April 2005, 12:45 UTC #9

Well, I didn't check the centering of the axle, but I but it all back
together without the bearing spacer that was in there before on the one
side, and everything is good so far. I'll check it again this weekend.
Thanks for your help guys.
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