New Wheel Set - Butchered Spoke through holes?
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swazi_matt
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Had a look at some of your photos and personally I think this should be posted in the CSI section!! 
Back from Halls with new rubber mounted (Pirelli Scorpions), hopefully with pictures from the end result tonight. Consensus from Halls was that this was the worst example they had seen, but they see it often. They conisdered it a factory hack job. They had two 2012's in stock and they were clean on the front hubs, but gouged out on the rears. The hubs are powder coated flat black, apparently after the gouging, so it is very hard to see. We looked at some spare hubs and they had varying degrees of damage, some with none.
It appears the AJP hubs have been the same forever, so as the spoke OD has increased, they have had to add a secondary operation to ream out the holes.
It boils down to poor workmanship, all that needed to be done was control the depth of the ream. I cleaned up the sharp edges by hand with quick filing and droped in a little touch up paint. Ready for mounting soon!
The two sweet 2012's an EC250 and an EC300 with electric start were calling my name. My wife said no...
It appears the AJP hubs have been the same forever, so as the spoke OD has increased, they have had to add a secondary operation to ream out the holes.
It boils down to poor workmanship, all that needed to be done was control the depth of the ream. I cleaned up the sharp edges by hand with quick filing and droped in a little touch up paint. Ready for mounting soon!
The two sweet 2012's an EC250 and an EC300 with electric start were calling my name. My wife said no...
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nambo-trev
New member
I'd buy them from you for 550!
550 eh! With me new pirellis, moose solid rotor, ironman sprocket, I might need a tad more... mabey 551! I am at a stopping point now and plan to post a new thread on how to cut chain. I find myself without a breaker and want to know if i'm getting myself in trouble with a grinder. Thanks!
Jakobi
Super Moderator
Paste this in your other thread
No dramas with the grinder. Grind the face plate until you're down to the pins and use a punch to drive them out. If its on the bike best to work around the rear sprocket as it'll hold the chain for you. If doing it to set the new chain length remember the age old, measure thrice. Cut once!
