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72 FLH resto: rear brake hub dowels. How to install?

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Old 01-05-2017, 01:53 PM
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Default 72 FLH resto: rear brake hub dowels. How to install?

Rear juice brake hub has 5 dowels that mate with holes in wheel. there are 10 holes in all: the other 5 get bolts.

I'm seeing threads in the empty hole and JP cycle has a pic of the dowels with no threads. Are they press fit and threads be damned?

http://www.jpcycles.com/product/240-...&totalResult=1
 
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Billl take a look at the inside of the hub where it mates to the drum. There will be 5 flat holes and 5 slightly beveled holes. The beveled holes are for the bolts (bevel matches the taper on the bolts). And it is a slight press fit to get the dowels into the flat holes. Only time there is a real problem is when the hub has been powder coated and the powder coating inside the holes needs to be removed so the dowels will fit without beating the hub.
 
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Man, am I stupid. The bolts go in the threaded holes. I'm an idiot! Thanks for your kind response.
 
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