I wanted to be able to change sprockets, wheel and tire combos. Ice, street, offroad. I also wanted to use a 8" wheel with the 4 on 4 hole pattern. Since you can only go so big with tires on a 6" wheel. I researched and found nobody makes a triple flange hub, and I didn't want to go live axle. I acquired a wheel, tire, 2 different hubs, a doodlebug rear wheel, and got to figuring! I made a hub alignment tool and after a lot of measurements I got to welding! I ran into a problem when it came to bearings, since the doodlebug wheel had a 12mm. bearing and I have a 5/8" axle. I was able to make it a 2 peice hub with the part that holds the disc removable, when bearings go bad. Getting it all to spin true was another task, but possible and tedious!
Has anyone else made a similar hub? And what does everyone think of this?