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re:Galled Bearing Cones Puzzle - Shimano FH-M510 Hub ???
In category General
Written by FuzzyBunny666

In all of the bearings that I have repacked over my many years of cycling I have never seen this. I posted a previous question about bearing "roar" when the wheel was spun up on the work stand. A few folks mentioned that this was probably the freehub and not to worry.

I finally got a chance to pull everything apart today. Both sides had plenty of grease on the wheel bearings. The non-drive side a

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re:Galled Bearing Cones Puzzle - Shimano FH-M510 Hub ???
In category Tech issues
Written by KNTain

In all of the bearings that I have repacked over my many years of cycling I have never seen this. I posted a previous question about bearing "roar" when the wheel was spun up on the work stand. A few folks mentioned that this was probably the freehub and not to worry.

I finally got a chance to pull everything apart today. Both sides had plenty of grease on the wheel bearings. The non-drive side a

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re:Cassette making notches in aluminum freehub body
In category Tech issues
Written by GrassDragon

Using a cassette with loose cogs has put nasty notches in my aluminum freehub body. I have successfully filed them down, but I'd like to prevent this from continuing. If I use a cassette (like Ultegra 8spd)
that has the larger cogs riveted together, will this spread the force over a larger area than just the driven cog, and thus be less likely to deform the hub?

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re:Should my real hub be a little loose?
In category Tech issues
Written by BRITNEYLUVA

My rear hub has never been perfect. When I first bought the bike, the hub was done up so tightly that it produced a significant amount of friction.
I've spent many many hours trying to tweak the hub but I can never get it perfect: it's either a little too tight (so the wheel doesn't spin smoothly)
or it's too loose (so there's a tiny amount of play).

My question is this: is it OK for there to be

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