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Cheers for the pointer.I have had to take the wheel down to a bike shop this morning which have been the only place to be fairly helpful about the hub and axle. Its out of the way but funnily enough its where my original burner and curtis came from.I thought as its a GT hub it would be a standard thing to sort out but they have asked what model and year of the bike that the wheel came off as GT should keep records of the components used for any particular model. Unfortunately, I bought the wheels seconhand on the forum so i don't beleive i'll be able to trace it back to the original bike. This is turning into a right ball ache and it appears that I am possibly going to have to find a replacement wheel because of the cost of buying a replacement hub and re-lacing the wheel (I haven't had a go at this before and time is a premium at the moment). Once again, its another part of the learning curve when building a bike up.The only other option is to find the same GT hub and use the axle off that. It's a rear hub the runs small caged ball bearings and I beleive is flip flop (one side to run fixed gear and the other for normal freewheel).I am waiting for the shop to get back to me regarding how they get on with GT, but has anyone got any GT hubs or spares that may be suitable ?
That's what I thought, I couldn't beleive it myself. It sounds like a load of bollox but I have been to four independants and the dreaded Halfrauds. Not one axle comes with the right cones. I keep on being given the story that the cone is hub and axle specific. I did find a small (in length) axle that had a cone of similar dimension but the cone had a different size axle (in terms of width and thread. At least the shop I've gone to this time has taken it and trying to do something with it. The other shops just try to give you something not suitable and give up when its not standard.I am currently around Croydon in Surrey, but moving down to Sussex soon. There must be someone with the knowledge to sort it out. There used to be a shop in Penge called Recycle that used to sell loads of secondhand bikes and gear, and could usually sort most things out, but that's gone and it seems that everywhere else is now a replace rather than fix culture, just like motor mechanics.Almost at my wits end !
PM me your address - i have a bearing cage that has come out of my rebuild kits - it might workcheers B