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Old 04-20-12 | 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Rifleman
My LBS called Phil Wood and they said it sounds like the pawls inside the freehub are not engaging every now and then.Now here is the kicker.Phil Wood was going to send them a new back wheel for me but Chris at the LBS told them dont worry about it,we'll just send his back and get it repaired.Anyway I would expect something like this to happen to the wheel on a Kmart bike but not a PW hub and i dont think i'll be going back to that bike shop after this has been taken care of.
I don't understand this. Was PW offering to send a replacement HUB, and the LBS just trying to get out of rebuilding a WHEEL that they sold you, with a (now apparently) defective PW hub?

BTW the pawls issue sounds pretty much the same as the original FSC freewheel issue I mentioned in #29.
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