1931 Ariel SQ4 - Wheels & Mudguards

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Pictures of the front and rear wheels, The mudguards are on hold, ready to be serviced.

The front wheel are an early Ariel ´28 / ´29 but I am still missing a date on the rear wheel, is it original at all!!

Front Wheel:

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Despite its early date, its in extremely good condition. The above HUB was swapped with a correct HUB from Tony Barnett, He was looking for my type and I was looking for his type, so everyone was happy.

front1.jpg (30286 bytes)front2.jpg (29750 bytes) Here you can se one of its characteristics - The spoke heads are all pointing outwards, because of the cover plate on the brake plate. 

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This one is the correct one from 1930 - 19XX (help me here)

More pictures of the front hub taken in my work shed:

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Rear Wheel:

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Now its cleaned off, The hub has been identified, and is a 1932-1934 version, so I am looking for another rear HUB.... this one can go into the deal.

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The spoke-rim is spot welded on, I have not observed this on other Ariel HUBS.

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The hub is in OK condition, just needs some hard work and a pair of new bearings. Spokes + rim is discarded.

As I announced on the AOMCC discussion group that I needed a rear hub for a ´31 Cammy, I was contacted by Victor Horley, who happens to be in need of a ´32 hub for a future project, so this was also happy swap.

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The Hub is in fairly good condition, one of the unique features of this hub is that it had a fixed sprocket - But this is not practical when the sprocket is worn down as in this case.

The sprocket has already been replaced at some point in time, since the sprocket is only 43T, where the original would have to be 47T.

I will fix this by removing the old worn out sprocket, and weld on another old 47T sprocket (4305-32 used for mounting with bolts), and the remove the teeth part. This way I will have a solid plate for mounting another sprocket.

Another unique thing about this sprocket is the way spokes are fixed on the hub. This is done directly through the brake drum itself, and a protection plate prevents any broken spokes from entering the brake drum is mounted by 3 screws.

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These 2 features are (as I am informed) only found in the 1931 model SQ4 rear hub. (Please correct me if I'm wrong) 

Mudguards

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TO BE CONTINUED

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