Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.Juicy Lucy
05-01-08, 09:42 AM
Hi all,
My commuter bike has a Sturmey Archer 5 Speed alloy hub (X-FR5) which has now started to slip out of gear regularly in gears 4 & 5. When this happens, it slips for a small part of a chainwheel revolution before taking up the drive again. If I backpedal when this happens, there is a clicking sound like a pawl in a freewheel but slower and much louder.
The lower gears 1, 2 & 3 work fine.
The adjustment of the gear shifting chain and pull rod is correct.
The operating cable is well lubricated, and as smooth in operation as it always has been.
I have also tried deliberately overadjusting it in both directions without improvement.
There are many websites with Sturmey Archer info but the X-FR5 hub is not covered in detail.
Lastly, how do you oil a SA hub which has no oil hole in it?
Thanks Juicy Lucy
My commuter bike has a Sturmey Archer 5 Speed alloy hub (X-FR5) which has now started to slip out of gear regularly in gears 4 & 5. When this happens, it slips for a small part of a chainwheel revolution before taking up the drive again. If I backpedal when this happens, there is a clicking sound like a pawl in a freewheel but slower and much louder.
The lower gears 1, 2 & 3 work fine.
The adjustment of the gear shifting chain and pull rod is correct.
The operating cable is well lubricated, and as smooth in operation as it always has been.
I have also tried deliberately overadjusting it in both directions without improvement.
There are many websites with Sturmey Archer info but the X-FR5 hub is not covered in detail.
Lastly, how do you oil a SA hub which has no oil hole in it?
Thanks Juicy Lucy