4/15/2016 1:37 PM
Edited Date/Time: 4/15/2016 1:40 PM
Part of the issue is hearing conflicting information from people with minimal legitimate sources, and going with it to get the hub going again. The best answer is ALWAYS CONTACT THE MAKER OF THE PARTS-in this case Salt (WTP) OR Eastern (Ezra). The hubs are the same from the same place, and labelled for the respective brands. Perhaps those places would have some access to sources of the parts needed.
At this point you have 3 choices.
Contact Salt/WTP or Eastern/Ezra and see if they can source if for you.
Say screw it and buy a new hub/wheel.
Take it to the machine shop to MAKE THE AXLE WORK.
As to Skylights comment, yes, we do need to be mindful of our planet-things are changing and we could very easily input things to work to change them back or slow down the issues, but at the same time ordering an axle and finding out it is not correct happens. We cannot flip out on the kid who didn't get the correct part due to misinformation. If anything you should be flipping out on the companies that use the HUGE fuel burning, smog emitting machines etc. You should also be after BATTERY companies, as the making of batteries is about as harmful to the Earth as you can get. Also, even though Colony is based in Australia, chances are good the parts went from the shop that made them to a truck to a boat or plane to the US distribution centers-not to Colony HQ and then out and around the world. That would be a huge waste of money.
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