Originally Posted by
sinikl
so the lockring being loose after i got the cog tighter via riding caused the hub to fail? the lockring was subsequently tightened up since then. i see your point tho, that area of the hub was stressed repeatedly.
If anything i would have thought the threads would fail before the hub cracking.
There is a compression force between the thread section and the hub body, could be excessive with excessive tightening.
I need pics to fully access the failure mode.