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these bits are a pain to get hold of nowadays. there is a rear axle/cone kit on amazon (us) for 35 dollars, but they are getting rare. a local shop once managed to get a set of 5500 front cones (same thing as the 6500) from shimano, but it took ages..
the left cone can be replaced with a generic miche/misc. one and you can transfer the metal shield onto the new cone. the left one is not so special, so you might be able to replace it with something more common. the shield transfer method is also applicable for the front ones, but you might have to get a machine shop to shave a bit off the outside of the cones for the dust shields to fit... (don't throw them away as they are needed to seal the hub)
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OK I lied; no photos because the damned bike isn't fully built up. I've hit another snag. The rear hub cones (Shimano Ultegra 6500) are borked. The poor bastard in the Pinarello garage has stripped the hubs and despite the bearings being OK, the cones are most certainly not. He's been through everything they have in stock and there are no suitable replacements.
So: does anyone know what on earth I can do about this? Sack off the rear hub and get a new one that's compatible with 9 speed Shimano? Is that even possible? This is proving very frustrating now.