Freewheel "wobble" (for lack of a better term)
this past winter i had some velo orange grand cru high flange hubs built up.
I installed a cheap freewheel on them and noticed that the freewheel wobbled. This is hard to describe: looking down on the bike from above, if I spin the wheel there is a discernible wobble in the freewheel. That is: even when the cogs are not turning they move in and out in relation to the centerline of the bike/wheel. I can't imagine this is good for the chain, the cogs, or pedalling efficiency.
I took it to the LBS that built the wheels and they saw it immediately and told me the freewheel was bad.
So I ordered an expensive, IRD freewheel. Which is beautiful. I didn't even bother to look at first to see if it wobbled. But I was just changing the brakes and indeed the thing wobbles just like the other one.
Is this normal?
Other data: the rim is true and about as straight as a wheel can get.
My suspicion is that there is a flaw in the hub -- like the threads where the freewheel mount is not perfectly in line with the axle.
Thoughts?