I had a wobbling cassette, I removed the wheel only to realize the freehub body is CRUMBLING LIKE COOKIES. Now I put it back the pedals don't turn the wheels. No bike shop can help me replace so I am waiting for an answer from Winspace.
Why would something like this happen? I've got around 20000 km on it, and this is actually the second time this is happening to a Winspace wheel, the previous one was replaced by a new one. I love Winspace wheels but I just can't wrap my head around why something like this would happen to a decent wheel.
by Constant-Ad-9814
4 Comments
In my opinion most pawl freehub designs tend to be a little lower on the durability totem
https://wrensports.com/collections/hubs/products/no-nonsense-extreme-torque-star-ratchet-fatbike-hub
That’s the answer!
That Freewheel has transformed into an F’d-wheel.
It looks like there isn’t enough of this freewheel to repair it. It will need to be replaced.
I’m not sure if you’ll be able to prolong the life of the next one but you might want to shop around to see who offers the best warranty on the part.
This is just how the freehub body is installed in 2025 on most wheels, it’s actually pretty easy to just pop it off which in this case it looks like you managed to do so while the wheel was off with the cassette still installed and lost some of the pawls, that sucks and you would be looking at replacing the whole freehub body.