Originally Posted by Duragrouch

If I ever go IGH, I'll want it fully oil-lubed with good seals, like premium hubs, and can just drain and fill for lube. Lesser hubs without good oil seals, the local IGH experts do as you said, pull apart and dip the core as a whole in kerosene, dry, lube the pins with Phil Tenacious oil, the gears and needle bearings with marine trailer wheel bearing grease, and then the outer ball bearings with the same grease, for both lube, and to help act as a water seal, so they use plenty there, not just minimal like bike factory bearing lube, and finish with a small amount of more oil that the hub shell will accommodate without flowing through the outer bearings. I could do same, but I don't have a workbench in my tiny rented room, and I think some hubs also need a replacement tab washer or prevailing torque nut in order to stay tight. The IGH service has those, but when last looked, a basic overhaul as noted is $100. A simple drain and fill, along with a magnetic drain plug, I could easily handle, and given the miles and lifespan I demand of my bikes, would justify a premium hub, though hopefully still not exceeding the value of my car, which a Rohloff 14 does. (I drive my car very seldom these days, I do everything on the bike, but a couple times a year I need a car, as I get violently motion sick on the city buses; I wish I could get callup daily insurance on it, insurance is my biggest expense.)