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ack! my hub squeeeeeeeeks.
I think I killed my two week old track hub.
yesterday my bike started making an intermitting squeek squeek squeeek noise coming somewhere from my drivetrain. Tonight I isolated the squeeking to my new rear hub. It turns out that I managed to break the drive side locknut (i think while over-tightening the track nuts), which I think resulted in the rest of the nuts loosening and the bearings going out of adjustment. Now when I spin the wheel, the bearings feel all gritty and squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. Did I kill my hub? and is it hard to replace sealed cartridge bearings if I did indeed kill them? ack. |
Originally Posted by baxtefer
I think I killed my two week old track hub.
yesterday my bike started making an intermitting squeek squeek squeeek noise coming somewhere from my drivetrain. Tonight I isolated the squeeking to my new rear hub. It turns out that I managed to break the drive side locknut (i think while over-tightening the track nuts), which I think resulted in the rest of the nuts loosening and the bearings going out of adjustment. Now when I spin the wheel, the bearings feel all gritty and squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. Did I kill my hub? and is it hard to replace sealed cartridge bearings if I did indeed kill them? ack. You can look at phil wood bearings here. If I have one piece of advice for you, it's "go easy on your nuts." (sorry, I couldn't resist) |
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