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No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:50 am
by Bilko
I'm in need of a rear hub and while I was looking at the rear hub post, I went onto the Cambridge Lambretta Workshops website and looked at the Indian hub they supply, but then remember seeing a warning on Scooter Restorations website about the same hub.
Cambridge Lambretta Workshops
made by Ramp items are fine to use
Scooter Restorations
Warning. Do not to buy pattern rear hubs manufactured by an Indian company called Ramp!
Has anyone else heard anything about these Indian Hubs? £140 is one hell of a price for a rear hub.
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 1:16 am
by tony
oh dear. As a racer I realise the need for a decent rear hub for the lammy riders.
I built a grp 4 for my mate Scott with a loan motor (cheers james/tony r) and even with 27hp the hub shattered as it was a series 3 type..
I'll try find out what the score is here and get back to you.
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 6:03 am
by lammydave
i had a ramp hub once, the quality was dire... steer well away.....
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:05 am
by byron
I was working on a scooter with a Ramp hub, the studs weren't screwed in straight, a crack was around one stud hole, the face where the cone sits was uneven and rough. the whole thing was shockingly dangerous. I refused to refit it, so he bought a new SIL one [it was only going on a standard GP150].
AVOID :shocking:
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:13 am
by johnd
steer well away, i've seen two of these and neither sat true on the cone. Door stops now!
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 10:14 am
by lamblast
the£140 hub is a tino hub not the ramp
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 11:33 am
by ArmandTanzarian
Ramp hubs are rubbish. I had one and it wasn't even round.
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:23 pm
by Arfur
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:23 pm
by leigh
s**t just put one on my RB
Leigh
Re: No Wonder Our Heads Are Pickled
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:37 pm
by byron
leigh wrote:s**t just put one on my RB
Leigh
:shocking: seriously, take it off again, it will always be on your mind that it is about to snap, and one day it will