wanted.. older style hub!

[acejed]

my 79 900 gle is in need of a new front hub, I have already done the upgrade to 81-87 hub/rotor a couple of years ago.. Due to a loose axle nut I've destroyed my wheel bearing and hub. I have the knuckle with newly pressed in bearing, i just need that lonely lil hub. please let me know what ya got. thanks. aaron. located in oregon

[Crazyswede]

What happened to your old wheel flange that you are unable to reuse it?

[DeLorean]

You need the 81-85 non vented rotor hub, correct? There are 2 of these at my local pick-n-pull on an 87 base model 900, and an 84 base model 900. What's your offer, I can grab one & ship it for you if you can make it worth my while!

[acejed]

machine shop said it was unusable.Flared out at the ends

[acejed]

Delorean, do 87 base models have those hubs? I think there may be one here. let me check before i make you an offer

[DeLorean]

I do think a BASE 87 should be right. If it's an S or a turbo, it should have the vented hubs and won't work.

And yep... That's mushroomed, no way to use that really. You could probably knock the mushroom head off with a bench grinder but that may cause other issues.

[Crazyswede]

The bearing race is still on it and needs to come off...common. looks like a little time with a stone could have the end cleaned up.

[DeLorean]

Getting the lower race off is easy enough, you can get a small slice going it with a dremel and strike it with a cold chisel, the race will crack and it's off. Other option is to use a 2-jaw puller, there are 2 indentations in the hub that make it so you can use a good 2 jaw puller to make the race slide up and off. - the ones they sell a the harbor freight work well for this, once you make the jaws a little thinner on a bench grinder. the real issue here is that the hub is mushroomed at the top. You could *probably* get away with cleaning that up in the bench grinder and re-using it.

[DrewP]

I think I would reuse that one, for what it's worth.

[Mezzanine]

No way, that thing is toast. The bearing fit is gone- notice the textured pattern on the bearing surface? That is from the inner seat spinning on the flange/hub. You could turn the whole thing down and find a non-standard bearing to fit the new smaller inside diameter, but this isn't a rare hub he is looking for. I've got one or two I could press out.

Acejed, If I get a chance this weekend, I can press it out for you.

[acejed]

mezzanine that would be great, how much would you like for it?

[DrewP]

Ahh, I was kind of confused what I was looking at, I thought it was just damaged at the end.