squirrelsmith wrote:

stonie wrote:

El Gecko wrote:

Phil used some kind of epoxy I think.  The only thing that sucks about 1st gen Phils is that there is no flange in the hub shell to keep the bearings in place, so if you get a really hard sideways hit, the whole axle and bearings can slide to one side and pop out.  Loctite works fine as a replacement.

Wow, seriously?   

Guess that's why they are 1st gens, and not current gen.

Can't believe a hub manufacturer would not put bearing seats in the shell   

well it was literally the first attempt at a sealed bearing hub. they made them like that into the 90s. phils are junk

I wouldn't say "junk".  Still got my original 1st gen rear from bitd, rebuilt myself with new bearings.  Didn't even bother with loctite or epoxy

I rode like 50 miles on a critical mass this summer on those Phils, bunny hopping and hooning around the whole time, and they never even budged.

Not sure if this is helpful but this is a GT Superlace 36h Gen 3 FRONT hub.

Looks like the balls are 3/16”. They can’t be metric because the conversion puts them at 4.76mm. Each side of the front hub has 8 balls.

The counterbore for the bearing race is 24.51mm or 0.965”.

The bearing race ID that the axle passes through is 11mm or 0.435”.

The rear hub is 29.5mm (1.160”) on the counterbore. The ID for the axle is 12mm.

The balls are 1/4” diameter and larger than the front hubs.

While I still have them apart, anymore questions?

Atrains89

DRAXXUS wrote:

hello guys
I just doing the convertion of my mohawk like FUNPIG..
but my problem is that I don't find the axel that I need on the web.
is there maybe someone who's have a link where I can buy this axel???

thank's guys..

https://porkchopbmx.com/porkchop-bmx-cr … -rear-set/

...seems I found the bearrings:

https://www.kugellager-express.de/edels … 10x26x8-mm
https://www.kugellager-express.de/edels … 10x30x9-mm

Can someone please share the axle details.

Thanks a lot.
Cheers,
Vlabein

Funpig and El Greko:I have GT hubs like FUNPIGS, so you have to pry/hammer out the ball bearing hub?  Any suggestions on where to get those good purposeful axles now that there is some hind sight?

Marked! Great stuff here

Well I am doing a couple sets right now and here is what I discovered for axles. Mt bike quick release axles! The fit into the bearings perfectly snug! Now I need to go to the hardware store and find something to use as a spacer in between the bearings and a aluminum rod I can slice up and use for the axle spacers like the original sealed Mohawks.

My bad 15 bucks

Ihave2boys wrote:

kalel92198 wrote:

Well I am doing a couple sets right now and here is what I discovered for axles. Mt bike quick release axles! The fit into the bearings perfectly snug! Now I need to go to the hardware store and find something to use as a spacer in between the bearings and a aluminum rod I can slice up and use for the axle spacers like the original sealed Mohawks. https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … 03fa5.jpeg
https://s3.amazonaws.com/uploads.bmxmuseum.com/user-image … 049e7.jpeg

I think I’m going to have a hard time installing mine! Tried to press it in with my finger tips but wouldn’t budge!

Stick the axle in in and use the jam nuts to pull it down.