Viewing 10 posts - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)
  • How to remove DT Swiss 240 rear hub ring nut – rh or lh thread?
  • yan
    Free Member

    Anyone know what the thread direction is on a DT Swiss 240 rear hub ring nut? I’ve got the tool and Im assuming its a normal rh thread ie. it tightens as you ride. So to remove it with the tool clamped in the vice, you would turn the wheel clockwise ie. form the lhs?

    Its very tight and cant seem to budge it, even with a little heat.

    Is this the correct assumption?
    Cheers

    sillyoldman
    Full Member

    Yes – otherwise it would unwind when pedalling – esp in low gears.

    They are a bit of a bitch to remove.

    A vice to hold the tool, and a good sharp jerk tends to do it.

    Good luck!

    yan
    Free Member

    Ok cheers, looks like a bit more heat and abit more force!

    Fresh Goods Friday 696: The Middling Edition

    Fresh Goods Friday 696: The Middlin...
    Latest Singletrack Videos
    sillyoldman
    Full Member

    Just read again – it’s a regular RHYS thread, so if tool is in the vice, and you’re looking down on the wheel, you turn the wheel anti-clockwise.

    I wouldn’t use any heat on it.

    Rorschach
    Free Member

    Don’t heat it.Just get a friend to help.

    bear-uk
    Free Member

    Thought I was going to snap my spokes when I removed mine.

    Ambrose
    Full Member

    I managed to snap my ‘proper’ Record vice undoing mine. Top tip, don’t use any threadlock when reassembling.

    yan
    Free Member

    Ok I’ll give it another go tomorrow…

    somafunk
    Full Member

    We recently removed one in the bike shop where i worked that needed a few days soaking with plus gas beforehand and using a 10″ vice to hold the tool, even then as we tried to remove it by two of us using the wheel for leverage it was a worrying moment when we noticed the spokes flexing and deforming the rim.

    orangeboy
    Free Member

    It’s just as well the bearing under there does not often need doing , I’ve never had one unscrew easily

Viewing 10 posts - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)

The topic ‘How to remove DT Swiss 240 rear hub ring nut – rh or lh thread?’ is closed to new replies.