spins freely backwards but really stiff when i try and pedal forwards. process of elimination has seen me remove chain, and same prob, so nowt to do with drivechain. by holding skewers in my hands it spins freely. but if i hold the actual axle, then its really notchy and stiff when its spinning 'forwards' if you see what i mean.
overhaul of axle/hub required you reckon? what will have caused this? just general wear and tear? muck getting into it? theyre a good few years old now. or could it be fubarred?
ive googled it and come up with [url= http://www.mountainbikerides.co.uk/fettling/3-wheels/5-hope-xc-rear-hub-service.html ]this.[/url]
is this what it needs? if so i got no hope, so might as well take to LBS :-/
thanks
If you got a Pro II try my article here - Perhaps you free hub is binding - I'd take it apart and have a look - you don't need to remove the drive bearings if you don't need to.
http://www.cyclistno1.co.uk/features/maintenance/hope-pro-ii-rear-hub-service.htm
nah, not a pro II im afraid foxy. not really up on what model it is, but its just a basic rear wheel from a few years back.
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If its a XC its more than likley your axle is broken.
yeah? bluddy hell!
any way of me checking it without specialist tools? or is it an LBS jobbie? :-/
If you can turn each side in diferent directions its snapped
The hubs are relatively easy to take apart and replace bearings if needed - check the hope website for instructions
Sounds a bit like my problem a few weeks back. If you're riding along, does the freewheel 'catch' and change the chain tension? I took my hub apart to find that the freehub had really bad chewing of the 'teeth' where the pawls grab. I'm not sure this is repairable and used a spare wheel I'd been building. It did force me to check my other Hope XC rear hubs and I replaced the bearings on a couple and did a good cleaning job on them.
In figuring out how to service the hub I read that apparently you're meant to check them for play/wear often. Whoops! I think mine had been on without problems for about 7 years. I wonder how much more I would have got out of it if I'd taken care.
Taking the hubs apart is easy, although the semi-desctructive 'bash it with a mallet to remove bearing' technique is unsettling for a few moments.
If the hub is able to freewheel when you're holding the axle then it's obviously not the hub bearings. If it's then stiff going in the other direction then it'll be the freehub bearings, grip the axle and try turning the freehub itself-it probably won't move either way.That said, you're going to have to take it apart anyway, all four bearings(and tools to remove/fit them)are the same, so you may as well replace them all and service the ratchet at the same time.
twas a bit out of my league so took it to LBS last week and asked how much. wasnt broke, but needed a service and new bearings i think. £20 was the quote, so i left it with him while i went to work for a few days. got back yesterday to pick it up and twas £42 🙁
oh well, at least its done now.
thanks a lot 🙂
Bit of an optimistic quote methinks, bearings alone are £16ish retail from Hope, chuck in the possibility of new springs/pawls plus labour and £42 sounds feasible.