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Offline Avro

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Skyway hubs
« on: May 11, 2017, 10:27 AM »
I have a pair of Tuff II's I am working on at the moment, light restoration type of thing. The front hub has a spacer between the bearing cups I would have expected to see. The rear hub does not have a spacer. Do some wheels come with out? I would have thought the space would be essential to eliminate side stresses on the hub assembly. Has it been left out after an old repair?
I can easily fabricate something if need be.
Please can someone have a look at their tuffs.
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Re: Skyway hubs
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2017, 01:13 PM »
If they are alloy hubs I'm pretty the "spacer" was plastic, is the rear hub riveted or bolted in?  Nearly all repairs used bolts, the Skyway rivet machine was only used in the US and Australia at the factories (although Warren Eales now owns the Australian one) so UK hubs were bolted in from the factory in High Wycombe.


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Re: Skyway hubs
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2017, 03:44 PM »
UK hubs were bolted in from the factory in High Wycombe.

Sorry to thread hijack, but any idea where that was? Only asking as that's now my home town ;)

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Re: Skyway hubs
« Reply #3 on: May 12, 2017, 01:34 AM »
They are riveted, both front and rear. The spacer in the front hub is aluminium.
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Re: Skyway hubs
« Reply #4 on: May 12, 2017, 09:59 AM »
UK hubs were bolted in from the factory in High Wycombe.

Sorry to thread hijack, but any idea where that was? Only asking as that's now my home town ;)

Pretty sure it was in Loudwater


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Re: Skyway hubs
« Reply #5 on: May 12, 2017, 10:08 AM »
They are riveted, both front and rear. The spacer in the front hub is aluminium.

I think a trip to Maurice Meyers site is needed, both my sets of alloy hub bed Skyways have plastic spacers'


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Re: Skyway hubs
« Reply #6 on: May 12, 2017, 10:25 AM »
Looks like that site is dead?
I will sort something out.
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Re: Skyway hubs
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2017, 12:41 PM »
Looks like that site is dead?
I will sort something out.

not quite - just moved
hang on a sec

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Re: Skyway hubs
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2017, 12:42 PM »

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« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2017, 08:55 AM »


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« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2017, 04:46 AM »


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