Should I buy a new freehub or is it possible to repair it?
Freehub doesn't have any resistance
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by kiwititux
Should I buy a new freehub or is it possible to repair it?
Freehub doesn't have any resistance
byu/kiwititux inbikewrench
by kiwititux
6 Comments
Your pawls inside that freehub needs some tlc.
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The pawls are gunked up. Take them out, clean and degrease thorooughly, and then regrease with some light lithium grease. It’s also possible your pawl spring(s) are broken or missing.
Buy a new free hub they’re not that expensive.
Sometimes it’s crud in the pawls and it can be cleaned up. Sometimes the pawls have destroyed the teeth and you need a new one.
First step is to take out the axle. It’s cups and cones the same as most others.
Some models of freehub are held onto the hub by a hollow bolt that takes a 10mm Allen key.
This happened to mine recently. I wasnt able to disassemble it, but I was able to take it off the wheel, injected a shit ton of wd-40, shook out as mush as I could and then injected some tri flow and now it works perfect, albeit sounds a little dry (can’t do anything about that)