Dale writes -
>YEARS ago we used to take apart a hub set and repack the hub with new balls
>and oh-so-pink Simichrome polish (I heard of people using tooth paste and
>buffing compound too.
>
>Then, we would take a short section of surgical tubing and place one end
over
>the axle (hopefully a snug fit) then put a short section of rod in the
other
>end of the tubing. Chuck that piece of rod into a electric drill and let er
>go! Usually only a half hour or so of spinning (Watch out for over heating
at
>too high a speed!) would be necessary.
>
>Take the hub apart, throw the bearings away and SCRUPULOUSLY clean out
every
>trace of Simichrome (Lapping compound) from the innards.
>
>Repack with new grease and loose balls (and Desi Arnez.)
Okay, the trivia question, and I don't know the answer myself - who wrote the Bicycling! magazine article in the early to mid 70s that detailed just this procedure? When did it run? Am I dead wrong and was it a Bike World article?
I don't think it was a Fred DeLong article, and I don't remember Frank Berto writing about hubs. If it was Bicycling!, it wouldn't have been William Saunders (though it was his sort of article) ....
Suffering from memory lapses,
Russ Fitzgerald
Greenwood SC
rfitzger@emeraldis.com