Ulix: Is this the "temporary" fix you spoke of (no pun intended)? Does the
strip of foil go around the circumference (sp?) of axially (many little
strips)? Not that you'd ever do this....
Geoff Branch '74 Meejut
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Duquette <RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca>
To: Spridgets <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Date: Wednesday, July 14, 1999 7:07 AM
Subject: Re: wire wheels
>Of the places that I have looked, AHSpares seems to have the best price for
>hubs, but I don't know about shipping yet tho'.
>
>With the prices of these things, and my budget what it isn't, I'll probably
>be doing it a piece at a time.
>
>AHSpares also has rebuilt wheels for sale. On the downside of that, is
that
>you have to return 'cores'. More shipping, ... and then the question, do
>they have to get the cores before they ship? (down time)
>
>On their tech page, someone has offered 'tin foil' wrapped around the hub
>splines as a stop-gap measure. Uh ... by stop-gap, I mean 'temporary fix'.
>
>Do Brits mean the same thing as we do by: 'tin-foil'?
>
>Robert Duquette
>Ottawa ON Canada
>http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette
>RobertDuquette@Sympatico.ca
>'65 RHD BRG Sprite
>
>-----Original Message-----
>> ... No cheap fix. 4 new wheels, 4 new hubs.
>
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