Originally Posted by
Colwood
In my experience hubs are generally trouble free unless they are abused.
Check for any slack in the bearings, but otherwise if it's running smoothly and quietly, it doesn't need any work. Ride and enjoy!
+1. I downloaded the DT hub service manual with the idea of "servicing" these hubs on my 2003 Zurich (about 1000miles, no hub problems, but I figured I'd like to take them apart and lube them). After reading the manual I decided to leave well enough alone. Yeah, you
could take them apart and put them back together, but it seems to me that it would be easy to screw them up in the process. There might be a way to get some extra clean lube into the bearings without disassembly (like spraying in a bit of some silicone/Teflon type lube that would be compatable with the rease already there) but I'm not sure.