16 gauge sheet steelLots of cutting a little bending and you have a thin wrench.
You can see where it is rubbing on the hub seal.Washer cut from old felt seal holder was just the right thickness.So tonight I spent a couple hours working on the bike. Well actually making a tool to work on the bike. To assemble the front hub you need a very thin wrench to hold the lower nut wile you tighten the upper nut. This locks the bearing adjustment. I followed George Yarocki’s tips in the R&O manual and made a wrench from 16 gauge sheet metal. It worked great! Also the front break plate is rubbing on the hub seal so I had to fabricate a washer to keep it only contacting the axle and axle nut.
The hub sealing is troublesome. It is a very tight area spared for the sealing and it is necessary to fit thin metal cups on both sides of the hub seal to prevent the soft material to touch the balls or rollers, in the bearing. Without that the bearing will catch and destroy the sealing material in no time.
Absolutely correct. Luckily Walker machine makes great reproduction seal cups and felt seals. Mine like most found out in the wild was missing the inner cup so the felt was right up against the bearing. Also the original cups were bent quite a bit so it was new ones for this rebuild.
1931 Indian 101 Scout Rebuild 
The hub sealing is troublesome. It is a very tight area spared for the sealing and it is necessary to fit thin metal cups on both sides of the hub seal to prevent the soft material to touch the balls or rollers, in the bearing. Without that the bearing will catch and destroy the sealing material in no time.
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Absolutely correct. Luckily Walker machine makes great reproduction seal cups and felt seals. Mine like most found out in the wild was missing the inner cup so the felt was right up against the bearing. Also the original cups were bent quite a bit so it was new ones for this rebuild.
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