Originally Posted by
lachy94
http://www.oldbicyclejunk.com/store/...tourSLFHub.jpg
that's what I've bought. superficially it's in a lot worse shape than whats laced to the mavic rims on my bike

haha. I've gently turned the axle a bit (no more than 10 complete rotations I promise), and just that seems to have maybe made the crunchiness a bit less obvious, so hopefully the feeling is from some seriously dried out goopy grease and possibly being a bit over tight, and not any permanent damage. Will report back, hopefully positively
You'd be surprised at how bad a hub can feel when spinning it by hand yet, upon disassembly have good cones and races.