Just took it out of the box. It is a thing of beauty and absurdly light. But when I turn the bearings by hand they feel like they are grinding and they “catch” a little a couple times per revolution. This is usually a sign of bad bearings but in a brand new wheel??
I’m having the mechanic aty shop look at it today, but is it likely toast??
I’m having the mechanic aty shop look at it today, but is it likely toast??
Not necessarily. A few times I’ve had that, it’d just been some random debris underneath the bearing seal that I could easily clean out (never on a new wheel, though).
Turns out there was an end cap that was rubbing on the inside of the freehub body. My shop pulled it apart, sanded off a rough edge of the end cap and now it’s smooth as butter.