Slipping hub mounted sprocket

[Wevil Knievel]

I changed my back rim and was suffering the dreaded slipping rear hub mounted sprocket syndrome and subsequent broken spokes until I tried this little trick.

I had some fire rated pvc laying around and cut a piece off the width of my rear hub and sanded it down a bit so it fit around my hub evenly and then tightend the heck out of of it and bingo no more slippage. Im not sure if its because of the hub being an odd size or what but it works great!

 

[Cisco]

fire rated pvc

What's that? Pictures please ;-)

 

[Wrench]

CPVC is a close cousin of PVC it resists distortion from high temperatures. But it will burn if put in a fire

 

[Wevil Knievel]

Yes any type of pvc should work and yes bro give me a min to snap a photo for you.

 

[Karl Snarl]

Never thought of that. Thanks for the tip. I always used pop cans and lock tight gap fill. This is a way cleaner and easier idea. Im stealing it and running with it. Lol

 

[Wevil Knievel]

GO KARL GOOO !!!

 

[Wevil Knievel]

s**t I forgot to snap a pic.. tomorrow for sure! Sorry homie!

 

[Heavyload]

Never underestimate the power of the aluminum can.

 

[Wrench]

Yes, never underestimate the power of an aluminum can
This reminds me of a story
I was way out in the middle of no where and this was before cell phones were invented
I threw a drive shaft off my truck and lost all the needle bearings out of the universal joint cups.
I used strips of an aluminum can in the U joint cups to take the place of the needle bearings, this allowed me to crawl out of the boonies. The aluminum can strips lasted long enough for me to drive at 35 mph for the next 45 miles to get back home.

I felt like Macgyver

 

[Karl Snarl]

Never underestimate the power of the aluminum can.

Looks like a steel reserve ya had there. Oh the hangovers I've had from those....