hi all do you need a new specific end cap with a hope micro spline freehub? need a boost 148 but everywhere is out of stock and hope were not helpfull with clarity
cheers
when I ordered mine it came with the endcaps,
You do need a specific end cap, yep.
Can't remember if mine came with or I purchased separately though.
Mine came with the end cap. It is the same one for boost and non-boost.
sjscycles, hub1016-03S £6.75 for 142 & 148, just bought one, received the other day, slightly scuffed mine by knocking my wheel over so bought replacement.
Freehub should come with endcap though.
But if you're using hopes boost conversion kit theres no endcap available for MS yet.
cheers everyone struggling to find one in stock will keep looking
My Hope MS free hub came with one, but it looked and fitted identical to the one I already had on on my old Pro II.
hope are telling me it's specific to micro spline otherwise i'd just buy one of the 135mm q/r versions and bin the end caps
Endcap for microspline is longer cos the outer bearing is set further back in the freehub, so did you order one, still one left at sjs.
cheers everyone struggling to find one in stock will keep looking
I ordered mine from 18bikes who seemed to have good stock - worth speaking to them? It came with the end cap. You need the end cap as the bearings in the microspline are 2mm further inboard than XD and original Shimano freehubs.
But if you’re using hopes boost conversion kit theres no endcap available for MS yet
There is a work around - you need to use the existing end cap (not the one which comes with the microspline) and add a 2mm spacer which Hope can provide.
Microspline freehub is the same in all versions just the endcap differs, if your struggling to find one, buy what's in stock and the relevant endcap seperate.
135 qr/ 135 thru axle/ 142 & 148 use same endcap.
Correction, the pro2 one differs from the pro4.