Well, look here, Paul, the only maintenance one can pull on the
splines is to lubricate and inspect them them at regular intervals.
Obviously, the wheel rotates on the hub a fraction of an inch each time
it's accelerated or decelerated - witness that the knock off nuts
tighten up - so there's wear in the splines as a result. The only
repair is to replace them in sets.
I wonder how many people on the list have replaced them as a regular
maintenance item. Have you?
Cheers,
CR
Paul M. wrote:
> --- Charles & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com> wrote:
>
>>I had the splines go bad on my '70 B once. The
>>right front wheel spun
>>on the hub when braking hard, spun the knock-off nut
>>off.
>
>
> Splines should be checked regularly, though, and they
> have to be pretty bloody bad for the wheel to spin on
> them. So in my mind, this is more of a "lack of
> maintenance" problem.
>
> But then again, it sure wouldn't happen with bolt-ons!
>
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