Another Bendix 2 speed hub question

[hm.]

After trying out a bendix kickback hub, Im interested in finding out a little more about them. I believe I have read that the blue band was a stingray hub and the red band was the earlier version?.

Would the yellow band hub be correct for the later Schwinn cruisers up to early 80s or are these hubs all 60s and earlier stuff?

 

[island schwinn]

Redband 2 speed was 60 to 64. Not sure the years on the blue band,but it was an overdrive hi gear, mostly used on smaller bikes. The yellowband was 65 to about 69.

 

[Rusty Klunker]

The blue and yellow band came out at the same time. Besides the paint there are three parts that are different between them. The brake arm, which doesn't really matter the sprocket and driving screw. You can swap the last two parts out and make a yellow a blue or blue a yellow. And like island said, the blue is an overdrive.

 

[hm.]

Exactly what I wanted to know..thank you!

 

[Rusty Klunker]

About the sprockets, a yellow band will have an 18t or 19t. A blue band will only have a 20t.

 

[rustjunkie]

its all in here:

Schwinn Service Manual Volume 1 & 2 | Bicycle Restoration Tips

http://thecabe.com/forum/threads/schwinn-service-manual-volume-1.81415/ http://thecabe.com/forum/threads/schwinn-service-manual-volume-2.81579/

thecabe.com

 

[hm.]

About the sprockets, a yellow band will have an 18t or 19t. A blue band will only have a 20t.

Nice! thank you again.. the one I have here has 18 teeth so I have a yellow band that had been repainted to blue.

 

[Rusty Klunker]

What I had noticed is this ring. It only exists on the yellow band. The sprocket on a blue band is a completely different animal, looks nothing like it. I have a feeling an "original" 36 spoke blue band is a rare hub. Stingrays had 28 spokes. Bendix made them and replacement hub shells, but how many are out there??