Re: [CR] Telephone Dial Paramount Hubs.

I was able to find some of these for the '58 Paramount restoration we just did: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8379107@N03/sets/72157611108018754/ But the threads were not great on either axle. I had a Wheels 9 x 1 axle and it fit perfectly on the rear. The front was smaller, and in trying to measure it, it didn't seem to be 24 tpi nor 26 tpi, So I tried an 8 x 1 die and it worked. Anyone have a clue why these hubs would have had metric axles? Ten Ernst says Schwinn made their own hubs. I have another set of shells with no parts. Might be tricky to find the right ones I guess. I don't know of any current hubs that take these sizes.

Message: 6 ate: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:03:45 -0500 rom: Harvey Sachs <hmsachs@verizon.net> ubject: Re: [CR] [attaching] Telephone Dial Paramount Hubs. o: Amir Avitzur <walawalaoxenfree@gmail.com> c: joeb-z@comcast.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org essage-ID: <4B49D031.8060705@verizon.net> ontent-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed On the rear Paramount hub, the right flange screws onto the barrel with he same 1.37" x 24 tpi threading of the barrel as the cog. It just hreads on and can be unthreaded just like a cog. The left flange is a ress fit, so it can be aligned with the spoke holes between those of he well-seated right flange. In theory, if there weren't a locknut on he track cog, and it were set up loose, the flange could try to move ackwards if the rider tried to backpedal. Oddly enough, the Paramount ocknut is not British standard, but my accepts an Italian/Campagnolo unit. harvey sachs

mir Avitzur wrote:
> According to Harvey Sachs,

Schwinn "Telephone Dial" Paramount Hubs had flanges that screwed onto the barrels. > wonder what they used before Locktite

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