Re: [CR]Tool to remove hub race

(Example: Production Builders:Pogliaghi)

Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:04:58 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]Tool to remove hub race
References: <CATFOODIjPta2NMVxlL00001df9@catfood.nt.phred.org> <993652363.3b39ee8b927e7@webmail.mtco.com>


I bought a tool to remove the races from Campagnolo Record hubs from Euro-Asia years ago. It looks like a large cup with a nut and bolt throught the center that bears on a sealed bearing.

The bolt's head has two flats ground off so that you can insert it at an angle through the hole in the center of the race. The large cup goes over the curve of the end of the hub shell, and you torque on the nut to draw out the race. Very easy and you don't need to unlace the wheel either. Inserting a new race is done with an appropriate sized socket and short extension and hammer. Heat hub shell with torch to expand shell to make insertion easier (large amount of heat is unnecessary, BTW).

Real "home-mechanic" stuff but I have done it successfully several times over the years.

Chuck Schmidt South Pasadena, Southern California http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, timeline & t-shirts)

Steve Kurt wrote:
>
> From: "David Goerndt" <davidg@iag.net>
> " What kind of tool is used to remove and replace the races on Campy hubs?
>
> David Goerndt"
>
> I'm not sure what the tool is, but I know that Peter White has it, and that
> he can replace the cups. He did this for a hub of mine, and it appears to be
> good as new. The only downside is the need to unlace the hub from the wheel
> (just another chance to work on your wheel building skills, right?). I did go
> to the trouble of marking which spokes were on the left and right, as well as
> pushing or pulling, so I could return them to their proper location in the hub
> when I re-built it.
> I don't recall Peter's price, but it seemed reasonable to save a good Campy
> Record hub ($20? $25?). The price included the cup itself.

>

> Steve Kurt

> Peoria, IL