Bought it, since my old hub was shot anyway and thought it would be a little more pro having something built into the hub rather than clamped over the top of it (pirate/manic mechanic). Kind of regretting my choice a little.
The Bad:
The Good:
The Bad:
- In order to take the wheel on/off, I've got to drain all the gas, flip the bike upside-down, and use a 12" pry bar to spread the frame
- The brake doesn't fit in any feasible or imaginary way, unless I were to cut the frame & weld it together much wider than it came
- The sprocket is STILL WOBBLY? First I thought it was just bent from me prying on it but I measured it over and over and its perfect. The connection somehow results in the sprocket wobbling! And yea, its all tight.
- The sprocket unscrews 1-2 turns every time it gets bump-started, then hits this other nut which doesn't loosen because its threaded the other way. Then, the engine has to tighten it back once started? Can be fixed with a big washer for a spacer but still, it shouldn't come that way.
- You have to loosen & tighten both side's nuts at the same time when removing/installing the wheel, because the axle doesn't lock when trying to do only one side at a time. Extremely annoying when trying to get the wheel in the exact perfect place, since it causes the wheel to slip all over the place when tightening.
- The freewheel most of these sites sell with it only screws halfway on. It works though...
The Good:
- Did exactly what it said it would do, fit 260mm spokes on one side & 258mm spokes on the other. Easy wheel build for a Cranbrook if anyone's wondering. No need to buy different sized spokes.
- The bearings seem to work great
- The chain is a lot further from rubbing on the tire than the rag-joint setup results in.
- It weighs about 3 times as much as my other hub, and when held & inspected by hand it feels like something suitable to motorize. So it lives up to its name, Heavy-Duty axle.
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