[Stinky Pete]

Ok. So I got this great drum brake assembly with a hub (thank you 66Triumph). All in great shape, other than , at some point, the drum must have begun to eat it's way through the hub towards the spokes. I would guess this comes from running the drum loose(?)

Anyway - on the non-drum side I have 3/16" between the edge of the hub and the inside of the spoke hole. On the drum side I have a hair under 1/16".

I'm not sure how much stress the spokes put on the hub, but it seems 1/16" isn't a lot of meat to keep the spokes from pulling out of the hub? Is that not an issue because it's up against the drum?

Here are the questions:
1) Is this hub runnable as is, or not?
2) Anyone every repaired (rebuilt the lip) one of these?

Side note - for repair, I was thinking I could turn a lip on the lathe and weld it on. Seems better as an idea, than something I would like to do.

Thoughts or ideas? Thanks.

 

[White Nightmare]

If it's a mid star hub that's the way they came. You'll be fine.

-Chris

 

[Stinky Pete]

I dunno, I guess I'm not up to speed on my hub names. It's a 67-early 70 hub. The late 70-72 had the bearing cap. Bearing side likes like this:

 

[Stinky Pete]

Nevermind - I quick google search showed me this is a mid-star hub.

Thanks for the info, I won't sweat it.

Here's a point of reference for anyone looking in the future:
http://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=62155

 

[White Nightmare]

Yea it's a mid star hub. I remember this exact situation being brought up in another thread awhile ago and other members confirmed it being how they came. I tried looking for the thread but of course I cant seem to find it.

-Chris

 

[Stinky Pete]

Chris -

Side note, but if you take a look at the thread I posted (I just read it in it's entirety) you'll see the round swing arm question you raised is asked there as wll. The response was that there were, in-fact, a few versions of the swing arm, but all were the same width. The difference was in zerg fittings and some structural things.

Thanks again for the info.

 

[White Nightmare]

Your welcome.

Just read through it myself. That def confirms what you said about the width never changing. You still helped me out with the exact width though. Thanks again.

-Chris

 

[White Nightmare]

Hey Pete, here is that thread I was trying to find for ya.

http://www.jockeyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=65826&highlight=spacers+juice

-Chris

 

[Stinky Pete]

Thanks - that's very interesting and raises some questions about the bearings, but I probably won't ask until my axle sleeve shows up and I can pt the assembly together.