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  • Could frost have done this ? SS rear cassette.
  • brack
    Free Member

    Got up for my daily commute this morning..bright and breezy at 5.30am, a sprinkling of frost and a definite nip in the air.

    Went to jump on my Specialized Langster and zilch drive through the rear cassette, ie just slipping.

    Had to drive in – brought the bike with me. Just checked the bike and all is ok??

    Anyone else experienced this or should I be changing the cassette.

    Slightly worried that it could suddenly go like that.

    trail_rat
    Free Member

    sounds like the pawls froze

    take a leak on it and itll free right off – temporarily :d

    quite a common issue at strathpuffer !

    theflatboy
    Free Member

    the pawls of the freehub could have frozen in place, thus not springing back so not engaging drive when you pedal. try pissing on it. 🙂

    edit – to repeat excellent earlier advice 😆

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    ski
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    Mine did that today as well, cup of water no pee sorted it 😉

    brack
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    Hey hello ski…did you get my emither?

    Rorschach
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    Aye…Frozen pawls.

    brack
    Free Member

    Ah great so nothing to worry about then ?

    theflatboy
    Free Member

    not really. but run it fixed anyway, then it won’t happen again. 🙂

    brack
    Free Member

    Anyone got a diagram of what is actually occurring with the pawls etc…

    This should be fun 8)

    Rorschach
    Free Member

    You know how freewheels work?
    Imagine it not working…..thats what happens.

    brack
    Free Member

    Ah clearer now!

    Rorschach
    Free Member

    8)

    sugdenr
    Free Member

    Unlikely frozen, more likely the grease is just going a bit too stickey to let pawls spring back – or even just too much grease.

    FieldMarshall
    Full Member

    Same thing happened to my SS last weekend.

    It was the grease that had gone sticky. Put too much in after a recent rebuild.

    Cleaned it . Problem gone away.

    Digger90
    Free Member

    People often put too much grease in freewheel pawls – and just as often put in too viscous a grease as well.

    Strip it, clean it out, and put a smear of lightweight/flowy grease such as Prep M in it.

    jonba
    Free Member

    Strip and rebuild advised anyway because if it is too thick or gone you will get problems.

    Didn’t chris king hubs have this problem so they now have a winter grease (or oil?)

    Scienceofficer
    Free Member

    I’ve had the ratchet ring of a pro2 fill with ice and go smooth, so although the Paul’s were moving, they couldn’t engage.

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