Okay, today has been a bad day for freehubs. The freehub on a ritchey wheel decided to self destruct this afternoon. That will be a warranty issue, fortunately. But read on for my other hub problem...
I have a hed deep, which I bought used. The freehub seemed to catch once in a while from day one, but got a lot worse recently. I should have complained immediately, but that is my fault for being a sucker for such a good deal. Learned an important lesson about buying used over the internet.
I took off the freehub body, and found that one of the pawls had come free. There is a circular ring that holds them in, and this ring was missing a tiny section, allowing one of the pawls to become unseated and rattle around.
Good thing I have not yet been on the road on this thing.
So here are my questions:
1. IS the ring broken from the getgo, so that the pawls can be installed? It is easy to replace the pawl in it's place and rotate the retaining ring around so that the break is not near a pawl...making the hub work fine again. But I suspect that the ring would begin to rotate with time and release a pawl again.
2. Is little ring is replaceable? The interior of the freehub is not damaged in any way, and I would think this is a 99 cent part.
Philbert
Dr. Philip Skiba
Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes now available on Amazon!
I have a hed deep, which I bought used. The freehub seemed to catch once in a while from day one, but got a lot worse recently. I should have complained immediately, but that is my fault for being a sucker for such a good deal. Learned an important lesson about buying used over the internet.
I took off the freehub body, and found that one of the pawls had come free. There is a circular ring that holds them in, and this ring was missing a tiny section, allowing one of the pawls to become unseated and rattle around.
Good thing I have not yet been on the road on this thing.
So here are my questions:
1. IS the ring broken from the getgo, so that the pawls can be installed? It is easy to replace the pawl in it's place and rotate the retaining ring around so that the break is not near a pawl...making the hub work fine again. But I suspect that the ring would begin to rotate with time and release a pawl again.
2. Is little ring is replaceable? The interior of the freehub is not damaged in any way, and I would think this is a 99 cent part.
Philbert
Dr. Philip Skiba
Scientific Training for Endurance Athletes now available on Amazon!