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After hub rebuild, still some low growling- are hubs shot? (4 posts)
|  After hub rebuild, still some low growling- are hubs shot? | hobart
Jun 17, 2002 4:54 AM | | I just took apart a front Gary Fisher and rear Shimano Parallax hub. I had bought a bike on Ebay and just decided to rebuild them, since by surface appearances, the bike was not well maintained. After putting in new bearings and grease, I noticed that both wheels have a slight growl when I spin them on my workstand. I haven't noticed this from other hubs I've rebuilt, although I've not rebuilt too many.
Any ideas? I measured the ball bearings before replacing them, but I lost count of the original ball bearing quantities. But I followed a previous mtbr posting which said to just put in as many as will fit into the race without crowding. I also checked the cone nut tightness. I can't loosen up the nuts any more, because there would be too much play in the hub. |
| Didya............ | Mike T.
Jun 17, 2002 5:09 AM | | .....check for surface pits in both cups and cones? That's the usual cause (next to pitted balls [oooh, ahh!]) of growling hubs. Ya gotta look real close.
The correct number of balls is "fill the hub until it's full and remove one". |
| on that note.......... | heff®
Jun 17, 2002 5:27 AM | | ........I noticed my XT freehub was starting to go this weekend, ya wouldn't happen to have a Hugi freehub lying around, would ya? I'm gonna rebuild this one, but it would be nice to have a spare, since I'm on three years with this hub.
heff® |
| I'll just check................ | Mike T.
Jun 17, 2002 8:10 AM | | ....me back pocket. Nope, just a bit o' lint and an old receipt in there. |
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