repair of splined hubs
Tim Stiffy (tstiffy(at)pulsenet.com)
Sat, 26 Dec 98 17:41:37 PST
A question to the group. My SI has wire wheels and suffers from the dreaded
"clunk" of worn hubs. Has anyone been successful at repairing them? I was
able to find some used front hubs that were not worn too bad, but still are
in need of one or both rear hubs. As I was digesting yesterdays turkey, I
was wondering if anyone tried building up the splines with industrial hard
chrome. Everything but the splines could be masked off and a .005"-.010"
coating applied. Would that be thick enough? Any comments?
Does anyone know how wide the flat is at the top of the splines when new?
If we knew, we could judge how much wear has taken place.
Can I assume that there is equal wear in the wire wheels? Which spline was
intended to wear out first?
Last, has anyone considered having repo hubs made? Are drawings available?
In my business, I have contact with many machine shops. Would anyone be
interested in building an order?
Let me know what everyone thinks.
Tim Stiffy
Alpine SI