

Bought a set of second hand HED Ardenes wheels. In good condition mostly but the freehub splines have some pretty seriously gouges in them. Shall I just tighten it back to 40nm and ride the thing, or replace the freehub body? Will the change in cog alignment for those three gears affect shifting?
by sonychalkman
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This is pretty normal for several generations of FH bodies and probably why Shimano redesigned it.
First, I rode them like this all the time, never noticed a difference.
There used to be some little steel clips you could get to slide into the splines, those helped a bit.
If you replace it, it is likely the new one will be notched up in a few months, so it’s kind of pointless IMO.