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Originally Posted by dave in australia
One other cause for the taper not gripping and relying on the key is some form of lubrication between the axle taper and the hub. I heard some old timers say to use a bit of grease on the axle before installing the hub. This doesn't allow the axle and hub to grip each other through friction, which is what a taper relies on. When I bought my tudor, this was one of my rear end tasks, as well as a lot of work on the brakes just to get them up to a safe standard. Never assume the prvious owner knew anything about A's when they worked on them, let alone knew anything about mechanics in general.
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Hey Dave,
X2 ! The idea of lapping is to get 'perfect' matching surfaces between these two. Any lube on either surface would defeat this purpose, IMO.