SA three-speed with brake question.
06-16-22, 06:39 AM
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SA three-speed with brake question.
Will a standard AW set of internals fit in the three-speed-with-brake AB hub?
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06-16-22, 07:29 AM
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ETA: Per Sheldon Brown:
The AW's internals will fit into many Sturmey-Archer hub shells of the same era, making it possible to keep a wheel in service. One exception is that the left ball cup of many if not all four- and five-speed hubs lacks an inner flange to center the planet cage. Sturmey-Archer historian Tony Hadland reports that 1984- and later steel AW shells will not accept S5 internals. Coaster-brake and drum-brake shells will not fit the AW.
So that's a no, but many of the parts are common, so you may be able to make some of it work.
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06-16-22, 08:33 AM
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AB-hubs are extremely common here in the Netherlands. You can practically get them for free laced into a wheel.
Last time I opened one up it looked very similar and might even be a direct swap.
That's the AB model though. I kind of want to get my hands on the AWC coaster brake model.
Last time I opened one up it looked very similar and might even be a direct swap.
That's the AB model though. I kind of want to get my hands on the AWC coaster brake model.
