This particular star hub is on my 48-ish Panhead, but since these hubs are used on a variety of bikes, I decided to post in Gen. Topics.
Palmer (2nd ed.) says the hub endplay should be .003 - .005".
The Panhead Service Manual says .005 - 007".
My Clymer Panhead Manual says .005 - 007".
Does anybody know why Palmer gives a lower range for sideplay than what is in the Service Manual?
Thanks!
BTW, I didn't find anything in the KB that discussed this discrepancy.
Sideplay on star hub
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Re: Sideplay on star hub
Mark 44
Its .003" - .005" in OE SM 40-47 pg 148, available to download on this site.
Don't know what OE Pan SM your using, but as years went by, a lot of MoCo specs got looser and looser.
Not to say .007" is wrong, or that it might somehow steer you into a tree.
Nifty
Its .003" - .005" in OE SM 40-47 pg 148, available to download on this site.
Don't know what OE Pan SM your using, but as years went by, a lot of MoCo specs got looser and looser.
Not to say .007" is wrong, or that it might somehow steer you into a tree.
Nifty
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Re: Sideplay on star hub
I quoted from the '48 - '57 Service Manual, which says .005 to .007". I also have the '40 - '47 SM, which has .003 - .005", which you wrote.nifty wrote: ↑Mon Oct 11, 2021 5:08 am Mark 44
Its .003" - .005" in OE SM 40-47 pg 148, available to download on this site.
Don't know what OE Pan SM your using, but as years went by, a lot of MoCo specs got looser and looser.
Not to say .007" is wrong, or that it might somehow steer you into a tree.
Nifty
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Re: Sideplay on star hub
There are some hub rebuilding threads in the knowledge base if you are interested, not sure if it is still there, but Big-Incher (Tom) did an article on his hub rebuild that was insightful, It was hosted over at caimag, but they must have dumped everything when they pulled the pin...
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Re: Sideplay on star hub
I looked at most of the KB posts that talked about hubs, but didn't find anything about the .003 - .005 vs. .005 to .007 discrepancy on sideplay.Panacea wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:02 am There are some hub rebuilding threads in the knowledge base if you are interested, not sure if it is still there, but Big-Incher (Tom) did an article on his hub rebuild that was insightful, It was hosted over at caimag, but they must have dumped everything when they pulled the pin...
I saw the post by Tom Johnson (BigIncher), but didn't follow the link to the CAI article, thinking that the link was dead following the demise of that site.
Anyway, I found my sideplay to be .007, so I'm going to stick in one .002 shim, and that should get my wheel back into spec.
Thanks, all.
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Re: Sideplay on star hub
That sounds like an appropriate thing to do.....Mark44 wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:38 pmI looked at most of the KB posts that talked about hubs, but didn't find anything about the .003 - .005 vs. .005 to .007 discrepancy on sideplay.Panacea wrote: ↑Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:02 am There are some hub rebuilding threads in the knowledge base if you are interested, not sure if it is still there, but Big-Incher (Tom) did an article on his hub rebuild that was insightful, It was hosted over at caimag, but they must have dumped everything when they pulled the pin...
I saw the post by Tom Johnson (BigIncher), but didn't follow the link to the CAI article, thinking that the link was dead following the demise of that site.
Anyway, I found my sideplay to be .007, so I'm going to stick in one .002 shim, and that should get my wheel back into spec.
Thanks, all.