When I was 16 (1982) I was an apprentice to Charlie Cunningham. At that time he was buying Hi-E hubs and modifying them. One thing that he did to them was cut the end of them off on a lathe, this enabled easy bearing removal and installation. Another thing that he did was replace the front hub shell with a longer one that he made to fit Hi-Es flanges, this makes the front wheel stronger for side loads. These modified Hi-E hubs were the predecessor to WTB grease guard hubs. 3/4 Chris Ioakimedes http://www.fattiretrading.com
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of HM & SS Sachs Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 5:15 PM To: radfin@SpiritOne.com; Classic Rendezvous Subject: [CR]Replacing bearings on HiE hubs.
Eugene Powell asked:
Anybody have any information on rebuilding Hi-E hubs? I've got a couple pair and need to replace a few bearings. Anybody know what became of Hi-E? (and I snipped the rest). ++++++++++++++++++ The good news is that the end caps, which include the flanges and spoke holes, are press fitted into place (according to my Feb. 1979 spec sheet). The bad news is that you have to unlace the wheels to pull off the caps and replace the bearings. The worse news is that Hi-E recommend using an arbor press for the work, as all the tolerances are quite tight.
Welcome aboard, sir!
harvey sachs
mcLean va