I have a number of Zeus hubs and FWs and have never noticed anything unusual about the fit, even when mixing with non-Zeus hubs and FWs. However, nearly all the these are English thread, so I can't rule out that Zeus metric hubs might be tighter than usual. I said in my previous post I'd be inclined to go with the English FW, but if the hub was measured as French, one kind of has the dilemma of deciding how tight is the "tight" French FW or how loose is the "loose" English FW. Almost impossible to accurately communicate this. I've occasionally had to use a wrench and remover tool to install an FW on a tight hub, although I did this with great care. If the hub and FW thread match, one should only have to use modest force on the wrench, and usualy only to get past a tight spot, after which one can thread it on the rest of the way by hand. Trouble is, all of this is pretty subjective.
Regards,
Jerry Moos Houston, Tx
Steven Willis <smwillis@verizon.net> wrote: Also remember we measured it out at 34.7 and that should be French but the French will not go on. I also put a tread gauge on it and it too says French. So, did the Zeus co. use some offbeat tread angle? Steven Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com
> Just bought a lovely pair of Zeus hubs on eBay, and the seller says
> they're BSC. The hubs are unmarked, and the box is marked Metric. Seller
> did check the hubs, an english freehwheel screws on and a french goes on
> two turns then binds.
>
> My testing is identical, english screws on, french goes about three wrist
> twists (1.5 turns) and then binds. However the english freewheel seems to
> rock ever so slightly on the hub, and I always thought that a french
> freewheel wouldn't even start on an english hub. Also, the french
> freewheel I used for the test is an old, rusty dirty unit, so it's
> possible the threads are contaminated with dirt or otherwise damaged,
> hence the binding. On the other hand, the rocking with the english
> freewheel could be just bearing play (I didn't tighten it all the way
> down, as I don't have a rim laced to the hub and don't want to get the
> freewheel stuck).
>
> I'd appreciate some enlightenment on whether this hub is english or
> french, or whether there's some other test I need to perform. The primary
> question is whether a French freewheel will thread about two turns on a
> BSC hub, then bind as opposed to my old belief that a french freewheel
> would not even start to screw onto a BSC hub. I don't want to risk
> ruining the hub with a BSC freewheel, so I'm looking for the warm fuzzy
> that this is not a french threaded hub.
>
> Tom Adams, Shrewsbury NJ
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