coaster brake with only one shoe???

[outskirtscustoms]

I recently got a bunch of bike parts in a bucket and this hub guts assembly was in it but I noticed it only has a slot for a brake shoe on one side but not the other. Is this rare? old? desirable? valuable? The gear cog says Bendix 19 on it and the brake arm is missing but I got a lot of other Bendix hub guts with script arms. and one that is a "Bendix 76". Just trying to find out what I got. I'll get a pic as soon as my camera batteries charge.

 

[outskirtscustoms]

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[outskirtscustoms]

here's a pic:

 

[cashman]

That's a Bendix Junior hub. Those were used mostly on 16" and smaller bikes. Thanks!!!

 

[outskirtscustoms]

That's a Bendix Junior hub. Those were used mostly on 16" and smaller bikes. Thanks!!!

Cool! are they rare? valuable? I've just never seen one with only one brake shoe.

 

[Tommy Atoms]

I have a Bendix 76 on my 81 Schwinn Scrambler bmx. 20 inch rim. Made in Mexico I do believe.

 

[cashman]

Rare? Probably nowdays yes. Valuble? Probably not. Unless to someone that needs a hub in restoring a Pixie or similar bike. Thanks!!!

 

[outskirtscustoms]

I have a Bendix 76 on my 81 Schwinn Scrambler bmx. 20 inch rim. Made in Mexico I do believe.

I have some spare parts for a Bendix 76 Mexico hub if you need anything. Has a nice chrome arm too!

 

[cashman]

Here's an internal view of the Bendix Junior.

There were a bunch of different hub configurations from 12" to 16" to 20" that I remember. From the 24 hole .105" drilled hub that used conventional spokes and rims, to well into the early 1980's using the 16" and 20" Skyway Tuff wheel. There may have been more? There were a lot of juniors used inside weld spoke wheels. By weld spoke, I mean the wheels had the spokes spot welded to the rim. Some weld spoke wheels had pneumatic tires using a conventional tire and tube. Others had a semi-pneumatic or what was called a solid tire. Could do a page or two on how to install solid tires on a bicycle wheel LOL. Wondering if you could even find some good solid tires today that are not petrified by age? Later on, the Skyway or Sun composite wheel, that I remember, took over the juvenile market and I remember seeing the last of the Bendix made brakes, mostly the junior model, used on those type wheels. Shimano and NK took over the juvenile coaster and most of all the coaster market from that point on. Don't know what they use now? Thanks!!!

 

[outskirtscustoms]

Here's an internal view of the Bendix Junior.

There were a bunch of different hub configurations from 12" to 16" to 20" that I remember. From the 24 hole .105" drilled hub that used conventional spokes and rims, to well into the early 1980's using the 16" and 20" Skyway Tuff wheel. There may have been more? There were a lot of juniors used inside weld spoke wheels. By weld spoke, I mean the wheels had the spokes spot welded to the rim. Some weld spoke wheels had pneumatic tires using a conventional tire and tube. Others had a semi-pneumatic or what was called a solid tire. Could do a page or two on how to install solid tires on a bicycle wheel LOL. Wondering if you could even find some good solid tires today that are not petrified by age? Later on, the Skyway or Sun composite wheel, that I remember, took over the juvenile market and I remember seeing the last of the Bendix made brakes, mostly the junior model, used on those type wheels. Shimano and NK took over the juvenile coaster and most of all the coaster market from that point on. Don't know what they use now? Thanks!!!

Do you know if you can still order parts for it? I've got everything but the hub shell and brake shoe

 

[cashman]

Best bet is to find an old shop that still has some of those parts? The wheel usually gave out and you couldn't replace the hub because most were welded with the spokes to the rim. So the whole wheel usually was replaced. The guts inside the brake were sometimes still good. If Crassly's still in the house, he might have some of those? Thanks!!!