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So straight away I tore it apart and it looks like it was the right type. It has the DS cone on the axle, looks definitely NOS. Also the DS cup and balls are correct. The odd thing about these hubs is the NDS has 1/4" (6.35mm) balls and the DS has 7/32" (5.56mm) balls
Old axle on the left with shagged DS cone and OK NDS Cone. Donor hub axle on the right with NOS cones
So this is why the Athena hub weighs so much... The free hub itself is a chonkyboi, weights almost about as some whole complete rear hubs! The whole thing is made of steel, whereas the Record one has a Titanium inner and alloy external
Axle saves a decent amount of weight...
