To replace or not to replace...

[fordmike65]

So I'm primarily a New Departure kinda guy, but a couple of our Colsons have come equipped with the dreaded Morrow rear hub. While servicing one today, I noticed this crack in the "cartridge"(I think that's what it's called). I happen to have another Morrow hub lying around for parts, so I snatched the one out of it and prepped it. Could I have just reused the original, or was it a wise decision to swap it out? Mike

 

[cyclingday]

It's always wise to replace a broken part.
Especially when it's something as critical as the braking mechanism.

 

[fordmike65]

It's always wise to replace a broken part.
Especially when it's something as critical as the braking mechanism.

But now my bike is no longer "numbers matching"

 

[markivpedalpusher]

Fortune cookie says "to stop prevent from hospital bills or worse - no matta about numbah match"

 

[Boris]

But now my bike is no longer "numbers matching"

OK Mike, that's just plain silly!

 

[fordmike65]

OK Mike, that's just plain silly!

Don't blame me! Blame Morrow for date coding their hub parts!

 

[Schwinn499]

Now it's been collectorized[emoji33]

 

[Boris]

Would a substitute part with that date work for you? If so, couldn't you just place a want ad in the classifieds for a donor hub with that date code or just that one part? It was a wise decision to swap it out.

 

[Rust_Trader]

Gorilla glue it...

 

[gtdohn]

Install a New Departure and machine the Morrow arm to fit on it. Nobody will know