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I need to replace the bearings in the rear hub of my Mavic road wheels, however the hub bolt requires a special tool (see photo below), which costs £60! I'd rather do the job myself, but cannot justify the cost of the tool. Has anyone had any success at replacing the bearings without the tool or is there a cheaper tool available?
If not I'll just have to take it to a Mavic service centre!
i posted about this a while ago...the tool can be about 50 euro from germany.
Its still an awful lot of money.
Im surprised no one has encountered this.....
Sorry, I was thinking DT Swiss. My bad... 🙁
the tool can be about 50 euro from germany
I've tried looking, but I can only find it more expensive on the German sites, any chance you can remember where you saw it for €50?
Did you get sorted with this...im the same with the same wheels...front is a doddle but rear needs this tool..
Ive rand 3 shops that sell mavic and non have the tool and where unaware of it..which i think is very poor .. not small shops either..one sayi g it has to go to mavoc for bearing replacement...
Looks like im going to have to do it myself...
Cheers
i have put off buying the tool. i did think of buying it and lending it for a few quid a time...not sure hiw i would make it work tho...
I'm going to take it to a mavic service centre (I emailed and they confirmed they can change the bearings), but not yet got around to it as riding the winter bike now!
did they give you an idea of cost?
did they give you an idea of cost?
Sorry for the slow reply, but I was told it would be about £40 (with some uncertainty depending on the bearings)
argh...thats not too far from the cost of the tool.
i will treat myself at christmas i think