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Old 06-23-21, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by JohnDThompson
The rear hub carries more load, so larger balls are used. Record hubs were used for professional racing, thus less tolerant of failure, so the front hub uses larger balls than other front hubs.
Thanks for the feedback. Why not just use large balls for both the front and rear then?

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