Hub '37-'45

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  • tomfiii
    Senior Member
    • Jun 2007
    • 311

    #1

    Hub '37-'45

    Anyone know if any of these hubs came with needle bearings instead of rollers and cages as I have one set up with needle bearings?
  • tfburke3
    Senior Member
    • Oct 2011
    • 952

    #2
    Never saw needles on anything 34-53 except girder fork shafts and trans cluster shaft modifications
    when I helped a friend restore a very original 37 chief I seem to remember the rear hub bearings were different using I think HD type long rollers
    l think Robin Markey told him 37 rear hub assembly was one year only
    We used the standard later bearings,cages and races but I remember machining the hollow axles shorter which may have been because we reused the originals
    sorry I don’t remember the exact details
    tom
    Last edited by tfburke3; 12-16-2022, 11:28 AM.

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    • tomfiii
      Senior Member
      • Jun 2007
      • 311

      #3
      Yes , Robin said they would have had needle bearings, ok for light riding. Also no locating holes in '37 hub.

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