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Hi
Following a cry for help last week due to a rear wheel with some play in it, I have completely stripped and rebuilt my Hope XC hub with a whole new set of bearings. Guess what. Still got play in the wheel. Will probably give Hope a ring in the morning but anyone got any ideas? Do the axles wear out?
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presume you changed the ones inside the free hub too ?
should be 4 bearings to change.
other than that theres nothing else in to create play ...other than if you fitted the bearings badly ...
Changed all 4 bearings even tho' the old ones were in pretty good nick, but I had play before and I've got play after. I noticed it before I even put the freehub back on to be honest. I'm fairly confident I fitted the bearings properly so I'm a bit stumped and can only think there is some wear somewhere else.
Bearings seats ovalised?
Had this happen to an Aireal hub a few years ago that had had a very hard life. Usually pretty easy to tell i.e the bearings are very easy to fit/remove.
The freehub bearings have no effect on wheel play only [b]cassette[/b] play. You have to remove the axle to change the bearings, so you'd have noticed if it was broken. This leaves loose spokes... or I suppose limp QR
Broken spindle? 😥
Almost certainly a worn axle.
I had exactly the same problem a few months ago......the axle had worn were a couple of the bearings sat.
In answer to some of the observations above, I can confidently eliminate spokes and freehub since I can feel play in the axle with just the hub body bearings and axle fitted. The bearings were a tight fit in both their bearing seat and around the axle. I suppose it's worth trying a new axle...