Originally Posted by
Joako
Did they take long to send you the replacement? I know it is too late, but isn't the shell the same, therefore swapping the internals would be easier? Or you were playing it safe in case the shell was the problem? Please keep us posted on this.
They (well, really, he) took three weeks to answer my email, but the hub got sent out just a day or two later.
AFAIK there are no instructions for (W) disassembly. Is it the same as the previous design? Probably. I don't have the 8-speed ball ring spanner, either (and yeah, I know there's a work around). Would Sturmey have still honored the warranty if I did a partial disassembly? Probably. Anyway, the wheel build was a real bodge job by a jackleg local wheelbuilder and I didn't mind the loss of it.
tcs