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Danozeman

posted on 12/8/06 at 02:46 PM Reply With Quote
Brand new cortina uprights.

lin ky.

apart from the back plates these dont look new to me. If theyv never turned a wheel how come the brg caps look bashed as if theyv been off.





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mookaloid

posted on 12/8/06 at 02:50 PM Reply With Quote
If they are unused ....... I'll...

Well anyway they clearly are used so that's a load of B*****ks

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Humbug

posted on 12/8/06 at 03:02 PM Reply With Quote
...in at least one of those pictures you can clearly see a dent on the dust cover plate.

Lucky for us "you cant find these in this condition" too often, eh?

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graememk

posted on 12/8/06 at 03:40 PM Reply With Quote
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indykid

posted on 12/8/06 at 04:02 PM Reply With Quote
the bearing cap is only dented down to the height of the studs, as if it's been put down/dropped on the grease cap, so conceivably, they could be "brand new".

the main thing that makes me think they've never seen the road is that the back (disc protector) plates are like new, apart from knocks round the edge. calipers look manky, but more like corrosion of the standar plating.

i don't see any reason why new ones in that state would be so much more desirable than some good used ones though. i can't imagine the original grease, or caliper seals would be right cracking.
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andybod

posted on 12/8/06 at 04:24 PM Reply With Quote
still wouldn't trust them i would want to replace bearings have calipers reconditioned etc
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RazMan

posted on 12/8/06 at 06:22 PM Reply With Quote
I think they are believable - after 25 years of kicking around in someone's shed you are bound to get a few knocks.
In any case you would still recon the calipers as the seals would have hardened and the bearings would have all sorts of crap in them.





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Raz

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