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Title: GT hubs
Post by: mattfx81 on October 05, 2011, 08:13 PM

Which year/generation are these GT race hubs please guys? I know they are missing the locking collars.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/kk98/mattfx81/gthubs.jpg)

Title: Re: GT hubs year
Post by: brettypeeps on October 05, 2011, 09:56 PM

I think they are 86 but Costa will know

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: mattfx81 on October 05, 2011, 10:06 PM

Those nuts actually look original as ive seen a few pairs now on teh museum that didnt have collars.

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: popedante on October 05, 2011, 10:08 PM

might be the later 32 hole ones (no colars)

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: mattfx81 on October 05, 2011, 10:19 PM

They are 36's.

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: popedante on October 05, 2011, 10:26 PM

have a look on the museum ,black pair  sealed bearings no colars = 1987

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: brettypeeps on October 05, 2011, 10:35 PM

The axles should be hollow if so they are the same as fitted to my DP GL Plus.  They lost the hollow axles in 1987 I believe :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: mattfx81 on October 05, 2011, 10:48 PM

I have a nos 36 with the later early 90's GT logo on its decal that has a hollow axle?

Matt

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: popedante on October 05, 2011, 11:00 PM

Quote from: mattfx81 on October 05, 2011, 10:48 PM

I have a nos 36 with the later early 90's GT logo on its decal that has a hollow axle?

Matt

i have some 32 hole 90's logo hubs , no colars with hollow axles

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: mattfx81 on October 05, 2011, 11:05 PM

This one is deffo a 36. Im guna give em a polish and maybe new decals and have em rebuilt onto the sun levanter rims that they came built onto unless somebody has some mistrals are chinooks available?

Matt

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: OrgasmDonor on October 07, 2011, 08:05 AM

levanter sound good to me  :daumenhoch:, chinooks dont stop in the wet. i got identical same 36 hubs on my auburn, deffo came without collars  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: GT hubs
Post by: 58 delray on October 07, 2011, 04:23 PM

1984 gt ad showing the first gen hubs with the collars and hollow axles

(http://imagehosting.rodsnsods.co.uk/11344e8f190335c9c.jpg)