Project SMX [Pic Heavy]

[Jens Eskildsen]

Just aout all hubs are aluminium, no surprice there.

Next time add heat, if that doesnt do it, drill the head of.

[NINJA]

I did use heat from a blow torch but they still would not budge. I suspect that @Calum is right and the bolts are melded to the hub. Aprilia hubs have lugs like petals sticking out for the bolts to screw into, so there's not a great deal of support their. Sadly the hub is now worthless and will need replacing for-sure. You win some and you lose some, that's just life really.

[declan]

@ninja you got a pic?

[NINJA]

@declan Of the broken hub???

[declan]

@ninja yes

[NINJA]

@declan No but I'll take one just for you.

[declan]

@ninja appreciated lol

[NINJA]

@declan I'm just waiting for the Squirrels to finish eating their peanuts, then I'll head out to the garage OK. :smiling_face_with_open_mouth_closed_eyes:

[declan]

@ninja yeah take your time

[NINJA]

@declan Did you like that one? I can also take some pics of the Squirrels too if ya like???

[NINJA]

There ya go Brah;

[NINJA]

@declan Voila;

Hub:

Broken piece;

Complete undamaged hub;

[Calum]

Aww how annoying!

Well you might be able to just get a new hub, saves the costs of buying rims.

I don't imagine those wheels being too cheap. What's a replacement?

[NINJA]

@calum A complete new rear wheel is £944, a new hub is £364 so not cheap at all. :pouting_face:

Used wheels do not come up very often and are snapped up quickly. I have purchased 2 spare sets of wheels over the past year and was planning to keep the 2 best sets and sell the other. Sadly I now only have 5 usable wheels. I will take the original wheels off and hopefully fingers crossed be able to get the rear disc off, so that I have 2 usable sets again. The front disc is bolted on with hex bolts, just the same as the RS, as the discs are the exact same for both bikes.

It's such a shame as it was a good wheel, new bearings and she was good_to_go. The rim and spokes are still usable, so I'll just have to wait until another rear wheel comes up for sale and build a complete wheel out of all the best parts I have.

[Calum]

@ninja Yeah I bet, it's too dangerous to weld it back together as well! Shame really.

[NINJA]

@calum Yeah the hubs scrap metal now sadly - and a new Talon hub would probably be cheaper???

[Calum]

@ninja Used talon hub on the other hand...

But would need custom spacers

[NINJA]

@calum The RX 125 run the same hubs and I've just found a dude in Germany selling an RX rear wheel. The hub looks good, the spokes and rim are a bit rusty, he wants £149 for it so it's a possibility. He also has terrible feedback, so we'll see, I have other priorities ATM and need to progress this build, so a spare set of wheels is low priority just now.

[Calum]

@ninja Wow, that's expensive. I can't say I'm surprised, but that is expensive.

[NINJA]

@calum I paid £250 for a pair, so £149 for the rear is not too bad, especially compared to the new prices. Plus it has the disc and sprocket removed already. But like I said it's low priority ATM, I have one good set, if I can get another set out of what I've got then I'm golden, it's just a shame as the funds would have paid to have my frame shot blasted and coated.