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Old 06-18-20, 12:39 PM
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Salubrious
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Originally Posted by gster
You never know how a 50 year old bike has been treated over the years.
This one came to me with a very tight hub that wouldn't shift.
The standard adjusting/flushing methods didn't work and I opened it
up to find the sun gear ground down to almost nothing.
The rest of the hub seamed fine.....
True! Do you think someone had set the cones too tight?
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