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My ES2 wheel rebuild

Submitted by george_roland on Tue, 04/12/2018
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The wheels have been previously dismantled and are now ready for re-assembly, what would be the

off-set of the hubs ?

kind regards

George Roland.

Submitted by george_roland on Wed, 05/12/2018

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Previously roger_deadman wrote:

Hi George

What year is your ES2 is it rigid ,plunger swing arm or featherbed frame

Regards Roger

Hello Roger,

It's a 1952 plunger

Submitted by ian_soady on Sat, 08/12/2018

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No, they're symmetrical "cotton reel" type but different dimensions to the rigid ones.

I've just popped down to the garage and measured mine and on the speedo side the offset is 1.977" (probably a round 2") from the speedo driving boss to the edge of the wheel rim.

Submitted by george_roland on Sun, 09/12/2018

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Previously ian_soady wrote:

No, they're symmetrical "cotton reel" type but different dimensions to the rigid ones.

I've just popped down to the garage and measured mine and on the speedo side the offset is 1.977" (probably a round 2") from the speedo driving boss to the edge of the wheel rim.

Thank you very much for that , is the off-set only on the front wheel ?

Rg George Roland.

Submitted by ian_soady on Sun, 09/12/2018

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That's the back wheel as it's quite different to the front. I think the pdf from RGM has the single sided front wheel in it.

Submitted by philip_hannam on Mon, 10/12/2018

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I have just completed a Plunger front wheel rebuild. I purchased the rim and spokes from a reputable company as the drum is a half-width job that needs two separate spoke lengths. Because the spokes were exactly correct, the task was very straight forward and I ended up with an almost concentric rim that sat centrally between the forks.

As far as I know, except for a few specially built racers, all of the frames using Roadholder forks had a centrally positioned front wheel with no off-set.

 


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