i mean, yea, it has to be. for the record though, i'm a mechanic at a shop, and about four or five people inspected the installation as well.

its either the particular hub or lockring, or in some fluke occurance, user error. regardless, it sucks for me. i can't afford another promax. Formula/IRO hubs for me this time. anyone have any objections?

it feels to me like it was the lockring's fault. one of the inner threads does look a little sketchy now. i'm thinking of replacing the cog and lockring with both DA parts? would anyone make a case for me to keep the suntour cog?