This is my Eroica wheel. The driveside race/balls/cone were all corroded in antiquity, and no matter what, I couldn't dial out the clunk-clunk of a once overtightened system (dimples in the cone).
I found a new cone in my stash, and grabbed new balls but the inner race on this hub isn't perfect. It doesn't have any dimples, but the surface was corroded. The pic isn't so hot, but you get the idea.
Question- I have a donor hub race, but it will disable an otherwise good hub in my stash. Let's say I run the new balls/cone but keep this inner race there, will it damage the good stuff? All my vintage components have been 100% serviceable, and I discard anything bad, but I need to use this wheel. I can dry build it, and see if it feels ok, but this is less than ideal of course. If I can get away with it and not deadline another hub, that would be acceptable.
Any suggestions?