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MikeK · 03-19-2020, 03:31 PM

So you face the rear hub true and then bolt it on an axle that is 80+ years away from being true with the taper running concentric to the centerline. You may end up better or WORSE than where you started.

If you are into overkill you might as well pull the rear axles and true the tapers. Then deal with all the problems of using those dreaded spacing shims on the axle.

If you want to talk overkill without pulling the rear axles, prudence would have you crazy with dial indicators figuring out what combination will make things perfect with that particular hub mated and indexed by the key-way on that particular axle. You could end up facing those hubs on an indexed plane NOT exactly 90 degrees to the axle center-line. Lunacy! But the drums would then run true...

03-19-2020, 03:31 PM	#9
MikeK Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Windy City Posts: 2,919	Re: Hub Hardness and Cutting So you face the rear hub true and then bolt it on an axle that is 80+ years away from being true with the taper running concentric to the centerline. You may end up better or WORSE than where you started. If you are into overkill you might as well pull the rear axles and true the tapers. Then deal with all the problems of using those dreaded spacing shims on the axle. If you want to talk overkill without pulling the rear axles, prudence would have you crazy with dial indicators figuring out what combination will make things perfect with that particular hub mated and indexed by the key-way on that particular axle. You could end up facing those hubs on an indexed plane NOT exactly 90 degrees to the axle center-line. Lunacy! But the drums would then run true...