Stewart Warner Floating Hub

[highwheelerboy25]

well since i cant find any pics of these on the web and no one could tell me whats the guts looked like i gutted the one i recently got to clean and repack it. if anyone else wants to know, here you go!! i didn't, however, remove the axle, which is either coated in rubber or spring loaded.






This is it built into its new home, works like a new one!! (it ain't staying on this bike though, it'll be upgraded to something much nicer!)

 

[jalopyjimmy13]

so whats the purpose of it other than lookin really kool :idea:

 

[Motopecane]

so whats the purpose of it other than lookin really kool :idea:

I second that question.. What does it do?

 

[Motopecane]

I just looked it up and found that it is ironic that he has it mounted in a springer fork in the photo. This hub was actually designed to mimic what a spring fork does internally.

The article I read claims it was to cut down on labor costs by simplifying the system.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

that bike was the only free one i had laying around. thats why the wheel is in it.

 

[Jpromo]

I just looked it up and found that it is ironic that he has it mounted in a springer fork in the photo. This hub was actually designed to mimic what a spring fork does internally.

The article I read claims it was to cut down on labor costs by simplifying the system.

Ha, I noticed the same thing! It does exactly what the name implies, it "floats" or moreso rolls out bumps. The axle is offset to the bottom and is free to roll forward or backward.

 

[highwheelerboy25]

I don't know if you've ever ridden a flipped rattrap fork but if you have I'm sure you know they, how you say, dont spring very much. The sw. Hub actually made it ride a little smoother.

 

[jalopyjimmy13]

gotcha thanx it makes sense now now i need one lol

 

[highwheelerboy25]

ill sell mine if the price is right. it has been cleaned and repacked too!

 

[lobsterboyx]

I have one or two of them and i still have no idea how the heck it works!

 

[highwheelerboy25]

I know! I'm half-tempted to remove the axle but afraid it'll fly out and be impossible to put back together.

 

[CycleTruck]

They're basically a torsion suspension system that operates like these axles:

http://www.dexteraxle.com/torflex_axles

 

[Random Bikes]

neat i want one