Originally Posted by
icepik1234
Do you have a picture of your hub after you shaved it? did you do this with the dust cover still attached? got any tips for this?
It seems that only the cheaper freewheels arent affected by this. Does anyone know if any nicer quality freewheels(i.e. white industries, etc.) do not have this lip?
I don't have a picture of my hub at the moment. At a glance no one would be able to tell, none of the hub internals are exposed from what I remember so the dust cover works just as it should.
When I installed my freewheel and it seized the dust cover/cone, it created a minor mark or indentation around the dust cover - I used that as reference for how much to file. I removed the cone and held it in one hand and used a metal filer in the other, working my way around until I got to the indentation created by the freewheel. It probably took me about 20 minutes of filing (with a ****ty file)... I would also use the freewheel to see when the cone would barely pass through. When it was just barely able to pass through, maybe slightly catching, I stopped there and figured the rest of the freewheel would smooth out the cone, giving it a smoother cleaner look. It worked well.