Originally Posted by cbulloch

I have a set of Easton Vice XLT wheels with X4 hubs which are out of warranty. I got them used and when took off the free hub and checked them out everything looked good. I added some Phil's Tenacious Oil on the pawls and buttoned everything up. When I mounted the cassette I noticed the free hub would slip when tightening the cassette lock ring. So when applying force in the direction of chain travel the free hub moves some. I put it on the bike and confirmed the pedals could be turned and the wheel would not. It is not like the pawls aren't engaged it takes a decent amount of force to move it. I took it to my local shop and they confirmed that the drive ring, where the pawls engage slips inside the hub shell. I talked to the guy who had them before and he did not have this problem. He returned my money for the rear and I bought another Vice XLT rear I found on eBay to replace it. I thought, what luck i can keep the matching set. I got that new/used rear wheel and did the exact same set up. Took off the free hub, checked the bearings for grease, put some tenacious oil on the pawls, and buttoned it back up. It has the exact same problem. I was convinced something happened to the first one but having a second one do the exact same thing really surprised me. I have been searching everywhere but haven't run across any post about a similar issue. The X4 hub seems to be a pretty good hub and I am shocked that I would find two wheels that have the same issue and not find others posting about it.

Has anyone heard of this issue or something similar before? The drive ring slips when force is applied. How can a hub design allow this to happen? Any thoughts on how to address it besides throwing away two wheels?