RobMac":1beunrw8 said:
I've long since given up asking such questions Rob
But you did ask
I get hubs for the spares, freehub, axle etc when they have a break in the flange or such, and I've beem looking for something to do with the bits - salt&pepper shakers, small box handle etc.
This evolved from me looking to fit a pepper grinder mechanism into one, which needs to be longer at about 175mm, though thats adjustable as ive thread cutting kit and cut that down a bit. So it loked like a goer. The internals for the grinder cost little(£4.50) but are dependent upon the hole being exact size.
I can add but not really take away so while waiting for this mechanism to arrive, I thought I'd cobble together as an actual hub. given the body was needing to be assembled anyway.
Answering epicyclo's question, they come apart with heat, and a fair bit so cobbled together hubs might not be safe to ride on.
What they actually use to bond it is red in colour though I dont know what.
I put it back together with 2 pack west epoxy(lined up holes correctly)
The interface between ti tube and hub is seriously tight, impossible to get it on or off by hand, even heated, so I use a vice in reverse to draw them apart if in one piece, or tapping from inside. After that one of the two bits left is sacrificial as its just too tight and one part needs gripped as tight as poss'.
All in all difficult to do with no measure of success as an end result.
You'd have to be as Rob suggests, as mad as a hatter to do such things :shock:
