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10-27-08, 09:18 PM
I got overzealous cleaning up a pair of old Veloce-hubbed wheels and opened up the freehub body and thus, the pawls and tiny springs. Sheldon told me to use a rubberband to keep the pawls in place and a thread looped through the rubber band to pull it through the hollow out the other side of the hub. Amazingly enough, it's given me more trouble than I expected:notamused:
My last attempt resulted in mangling one of the springs as I tried to force the rubber band through the hollow of the hub body. So now I'm down a spring.
Give up? One of these assemblies is going to be pretty $$$ to replace, yeah? Should I go to the LBS and ask if they have a junked off-brand freehub to pirate a new spring?
Has anyone else put themselves through this humbling repair process and come through with some advice?
My last attempt resulted in mangling one of the springs as I tried to force the rubber band through the hollow of the hub body. So now I'm down a spring.
Give up? One of these assemblies is going to be pretty $$$ to replace, yeah? Should I go to the LBS and ask if they have a junked off-brand freehub to pirate a new spring?
Has anyone else put themselves through this humbling repair process and come through with some advice?