Cross-post: servicing hubs
 

I posted this in Bicycle Mechanics, but noone reads that forum.

I was truing up my wheels last night, and I held on to the axle of my rear wheel and spun it a bit, and it felt a little 'crunchy', like as in not as smooth as it was when it was new. The hub is about 6 months old, and it's been seeing daily commuting duty on my fixie. It's a Formula hub, and the bearings are sealed.

Can anyone give my guidance on how I might be able to service the hubs to make them smooth again?
Is this something I can do with sealed bearings?
And also, should I even be worrying about this?
Any advice on keeping hubs in good condition?
Any help you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

If the bearings go in a cartridge bearing setup like that you just pop em out, and pop in a new set. You can get a set of Phil bearings that will fit for about $10 I think.

even though they are cartidge bearing hubs sometimes the 'adjustment nuts (I know I'm callin' them the wrong thing) work their way tight to the point they are impeding spin...loosen them up and start over.

nice bikes- espec. Sunday

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i've got play in the bearings of my rear formula hub that I can't seem to adjust out with the locknuts. Probably because they're meant to be unadjustable.

Time for new bearings, right?
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