Is that the hub for a banjo axle MGB?
I recall them having fewer, larger splines between the axle and the hub, and
being a smaller i.d. than the tube axle hub.
Matt
GW71MGB@aol.com wrote:
>Thanks for all the responses. What got me confused about finding a socket
>that fit is that the replacement hub I bought (almost a year ago) turned out
>to be a wrong hub! The ID of the replacement hub I bought was quite a bit
>smaller than that of the proper MGB hub. Even a thin wall socket wouldn't
>fit.
>
>For those others of you who expressed interest in the same question: The
>required socket size is indeed 1-5/16". I was able to order a perfectly good
>socket from McMaster Carr for around $ 10 USD. (For anyone who hasn't tried
>their site: it's great. Access to tens of thousands of items, and I received
>it in one day.).
>
>It turns out that the driver's side hub nut was really seized. I ended up
>using a punch through the cotter pin access hole, and whacking the castle nut
>loose a bit at a time.
>
>Anyways, I ended up ordering two new rear hubs from Moss (expensive, but
>finding good used rear hubs is quite a challenge - there are plenty of good
>front hubs out there, though.) My '71 MGB is back on it's own four wheels
>for the first time in a year.
>
>By the way, can anyone identify this hub? The wheel splines are standard
>Brit wire wheel pitch, the the ID spline that goes on the axle shaft is very
>different from an MGB: it has only six splines. I want to put it back up for
>sale, but I don't know what it goes to.
>
>A picture is available at : http://members.aol.com/gw71mgb/hub.jpg
>
>Thanks for the help,
>Gary
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