Sticky rear wheel

DT Swiss 1900 – Rear wheel 1 year old. When my bike is in the stand and I spin the rear wheel is comes to a stop fairly quickly and is not spinning very freely. First though was over tightened the through axle, backed that right off to almost loose and the wheel spins freely, nipped it up to the recommended 8N and it’s sticky again and not free wheeling as it should. Wondering if the wheel bearings need regreasing ? DT Swiss so it’s a ratchet system. otherwise would oil the freehub pawls

Any suggestions ?

Sticky rear wheek:  The sound of a guinea pig sharting.

Edit. The OP has stealth edited the thread title.

Strip down the hub and check the bearings and use DT’s assembly guide to rebuild, it could be a knackered ratchet spring (ive had that before)

Ive always used some grease lightly spread on the ratchets with no issues

Knackered bearing is my guess. Worn enough so the end cap pushes it out of alignment and it’s binding.

Assuming it sticks when turning both ways? Have you had it in a stand with the chain off so it can spin freely in both directions to test?

As above though – strip down and clean/regrease/rebuild as it doesn’t take long. Make sure endcap is on squarely.

If it feels ‘rough’ then bearing, but draggy only when under compression suggests a misaligned hub seal or a missing axle spacer as tightening the axle wouldn’t do much to make the bearing drag if the hub is assembled correctly.

It’s not “rough” feeling and spins fine when out of the bike. Will check the spacers thanks.