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I haven't bought many old wheels but honestly I'm not sure I'll bother anymore.
My latest purchase was Mavic Open 4CD on Campag Record Large Flange hubs with new-looking stainless spokes. They even had tyres and tubes which looked in good nick. The rim sidewalls were virtually untouched and the eyelets were nice and shiny. I gave them a quick spin when I picked them up and all seemed well. Unfortunately a couple of months passed before I found time to inspect them properly. Getting the tyres off resulted in showers of rust on the garage floor and the sight of all the eyelets rusted beyond belief. It's a mystery to me how they could be so bad in the tyre well yet perfect on the outside.
Next I dismantled the hubs to find one ball bearing missing from each side on the rear with the remaining ones badly pitted, both races and both cones badly pitted too. All I'm left with is a hub shell and an axle/QR.
The front hub is a bit better, just one ball bearing missing and the rest are usable, both races ok but both cones are shot.
Given that the hubs are dated 1962 am I expecting too much for the bearings to be in better nick than this? Maybe it's just me that lavishes care and attention on my Campag Record hubs.
As for the rims I think they're toast but I'll upload some pictures later for some expert guidance if you don't mind?
In the meantime I'm now looking for 2 x #737 hub races, 2 x 10x26 32/R cones, 2 x 8x26 25/R cones to at least get the hubs back in proper order.
It's all rather depressing and not helping my increasingly expensive Ellis Briggs restoration come to fruition any time soon.
Sorry for droning on but I think I needed to get that out.
Mark.
My latest purchase was Mavic Open 4CD on Campag Record Large Flange hubs with new-looking stainless spokes. They even had tyres and tubes which looked in good nick. The rim sidewalls were virtually untouched and the eyelets were nice and shiny. I gave them a quick spin when I picked them up and all seemed well. Unfortunately a couple of months passed before I found time to inspect them properly. Getting the tyres off resulted in showers of rust on the garage floor and the sight of all the eyelets rusted beyond belief. It's a mystery to me how they could be so bad in the tyre well yet perfect on the outside.
Next I dismantled the hubs to find one ball bearing missing from each side on the rear with the remaining ones badly pitted, both races and both cones badly pitted too. All I'm left with is a hub shell and an axle/QR.
The front hub is a bit better, just one ball bearing missing and the rest are usable, both races ok but both cones are shot.
Given that the hubs are dated 1962 am I expecting too much for the bearings to be in better nick than this? Maybe it's just me that lavishes care and attention on my Campag Record hubs.
As for the rims I think they're toast but I'll upload some pictures later for some expert guidance if you don't mind?
In the meantime I'm now looking for 2 x #737 hub races, 2 x 10x26 32/R cones, 2 x 8x26 25/R cones to at least get the hubs back in proper order.
It's all rather depressing and not helping my increasingly expensive Ellis Briggs restoration come to fruition any time soon.
Sorry for droning on but I think I needed to get that out.
Mark.