To my shock and awe, I was informed Hemphill is still in business
(albeit somewhat 'under the radar'):
https://www.facebook.com/HealeyHaven/
I've got a couple new hubs sitting on the shelf; is there a way to tell
if they're defective before installing (I don't have access to a lathe
or similar)?
Bob
On 4/19/2017 6:34 AM, BJ8Healeys wrote:
> A few years ago I bought two new splined hubs ($175 each) from Gary Hemphill
> at Healey Haven. After installation of the hubs, the right front wheel
> developed a chirp that was coming from brake rotor wobble intermittently
> picking up a brake pad and dropping it as it rotated. I had the rotor
> turned, but the rotor wobble remained and was only cured when I installed
> the original hub with the same bearings. Hemphill inadvertently cc'd me on
> an e-mail to a supplier and admitted that he had another hub on his desk
> with the same problem. That supplier told me later that he had not sold the
> hub to Hemphill.
> Hemphill refused to accept responsibility for the bad hub and never did
> reimburse me or replace it, he just went out of business. Good riddance.
>
> Some of those hubs may still be around, and that might be your problem.
>
> Steve Byers
> HBJ8L/36666
> BJ8 Registry
> AHCA Delegate at Large
> Havelock, NC
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
> sentenac.rw at gmail.com
> Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2017 12:34 AM
> To: Mike Tobin
> Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Front Hub Runout
>
> It could be helpful to know what the history of your hub is. If it is new,
> it still might be faulty. You tightened the bearings until they started to
> bind and then backed off until just free. You might try repeating that and
> see if anything changes.
>
> You might also try installing the disc and see if that forces a better
> runout at the disc perimeter, which is what you are looking for.
>
> -Roland
> On Tue, 18 Apr 2017 18:20:22 -0600, you wrote:
>
>> All,Thanks to y'all I've gotten the calipers apart and together again.Now
> I've run into a problem trying to fit the first one.It looks like I've maybe
> an 1/8" of runout at the hub (measured at the edge of the hub flange - I've
> taken the disc off).I'm using new bearings and the races appear to have been
> driven home. I tightened the hub down without the shims like the book says
> to make sure they're seated. The turning action of the hub is smooth.Any
> suggestions as to where the runout could be coming from and how to check?The
> archive mentions that sometimes the ends of the distance piece aren't really
> parallel.
>> Thanks Yet Again,Mike TobinTownsend, Montana
>
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