BTW, ... AH Spares has a solid disclaimer also!
( and I'm not doing it! )
Robert D.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ulix Goettsch <ulix@u.washington.edu>
To: Geoff Branch <branch@valinet.com>
Cc: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>; Spridgets
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: July 14, 1999 12:56 PM
Subject: Re: wire wheels
>Ok ok, I mentioned this once but have never tried it, nor do I recommend
>it and I'd rather wash my hands of the whole thing... :-)
>
>Ulix (wheels centers rigidly connected to rims at all times)
>
>
>On Wed, 14 Jul 1999, Geoff Branch wrote:
>
>> Ulix: Is this the "temporary" fix you spoke of (no pun intended)? Does
the
>> strip of foil go around the circumference (sp?) of axially (many little
>> strips)? Not that you'd ever do this....
>>
>> Geoff Branch '74 Meejut
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
>> To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
>> Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:07 AM
>> Subject: Re: wire wheels
>>
>>
>> >Of the places that I have looked, AHSpares seems to have the best price
for
>> >hubs, but I don't know about shipping yet tho'.
>> >
>> >With the prices of these things, and my budget what it isn't, I'll
probably
>> >be doing it a piece at a time.
>> >
>> >AHSpares also has rebuilt wheels for sale. On the downside of that, is
>> that
>> >you have to return 'cores'. More shipping, ... and then the question,
do
>> >they have to get the cores before they ship? (down time)
>> >
>> >On their tech page, someone has offered 'tin foil' wrapped around the
hub
>> >splines as a stop-gap measure. Uh ... by stop-gap, I mean 'temporary
fix'.
>> >
>> >Do Brits mean the same thing as we do by: 'tin-foil'?
>> >
>> >Robert Duquette
>> >Ottawa ON Canada
>> >http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
>> >RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
>> >'65 RHD BRG Sprite
>> >
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >> ... No cheap fix. 4 new wheels, 4 new hubs.
>> >
>> >
>>
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