| Also known as | W1480 |
| Diagram | Fig. 19 — QUICKLY DETACHABLE REAR WHEEL · ref 8 |
| Subsystem | wheels |
| Listed in parts books | 1964 |
Grease retainer
A grease retainer for the quickly detachable rear wheel hub, part number 37-1480.
37-1480 is a grease retainer that shows up in the quickly detachable rear wheel setup. It's listed under the older W1480 form in earlier parts books, same physical piece, just a different number system in use at the time.
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A grease retainer's job is straightforward: it keeps grease where it belongs inside the hub and keeps it away from the brake linings and bearings that don't want it. In a QD rear wheel this matters because the wheel comes off and goes back on more often than a fixed hub, so the hub internals get handled and need to seal back up properly each time.
Our catalog record ties this one to 1964 QD rear wheel listings. If you're working on a different year, check your parts book against this number before ordering, since hub hardware changed over the run of these bikes.
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