Variety of opinions

[John Hofstetter <hofs@domain.elided>]

>, I've found 3 hubs that were=
>
>badly warped.  From my comparisons it seems they used essentially
>the same hub casting for the Dana 27/30 drum brakes on 800's as on
>the much heavier Scout II's.   The only apparent difference =
>
>is that the Scout II hubs are machined on the back side for the rotor
>mating surface.  Because of this machining the Scout II hubs might
>even be weaker than the drum brake versions.  IMO, the hubs are a
>weak link so I'd suggest thoroughly checking for mounting face runout
>on your used hubs.
>
>Doug

John L. 
One thing about almost any question asked on the digest is that you get a 
wide variety of opinions. I doubt if you have any clearer idea of whether 
to turn, or not to turn, than before you asked, but at least you have 
support for any action you take. 

I agreed with Bill T. completely on thorough cleaning of the parts, but 
laughed along with Dan about to whom that message was sent. Bill 
certainly knew that you didn't need to be told to be meticulous and 
undoubtedly meant it for the rest of us. 
John H.

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