Drive Hub Wear
Contributed by Richard
I removed the rear wheel to-day with the intention
of taking in to replace the tyre , once the wheel was off I noticed a lot of
rusty powder in side , the driven gear (page 8-27 in the book ) has been
rubbing on the drive shaft casing .
I took the wheel in to the shop where I get my
tyres from and showed him the wear and he pointed out what is a known fault at
the bike shops , the small plates that hold the drive gear in place were worn
out and was allowing the drive gear to come forward and rub . as luck
would have it he had a VX in for the same repair only in worse condition
that mine , it had worn the oil seal for the drive shaft so much that oil had
started coming out ( didn't some one in smartgroups have oil coming out of the
same place ) and his drive gear was totally worn out both gears
at 70,000k`s , I have repaired mine by removing the gear and rotating it
one hole and making new locking plates out of chromeolly (I think it is spelt
like that ) All the bolts were fitted with threadlock and were a bugger to get
out ( I broke one ) to close to the side for a socket and a bad angle for
the spanner , all the bolts looked as though the head was bent to one side so
I fitted Allen bolts 6mm 20mm long and lock wired them , I have taken a
few pics for you both to look at
With new locking plates
