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psyentologists on September 10, 2025 10:12 pm Either the axle is broken or you somehow managed to collapse the cones. Either way, your hub is probably ruined and a new wheel will be required. Mountain bikes stopped being built with freewheels back in the early 1990s because of failures like this.
Particular_Spare_176 on September 10, 2025 10:15 pm Probably broke the cone, so all the bearing balls fell out.
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Either the axle is broken or you somehow managed to collapse the cones. Either way, your hub is probably ruined and a new wheel will be required.
Mountain bikes stopped being built with freewheels back in the early 1990s because of failures like this.
Probably broke the cone, so all the bearing balls fell out.