[stosh]

What is needed to keep your hubs running well if anything?

 

[BMXman]

depends on what hub...some hubs require specifc tools...some don't...but you will need some type of light and possibly heavy grease....D

 

[Spunger]

True......I think Kings and Hadley's are some of those "special tool" hubs.

Other than that, just good grease and lubes. Hell I think hubs require the least amount of futzing with. Sealed bearings help out in that department. Loose ball use to be fun to find the balls and repack everything with grease, get the preloads right etc....

When you think about it hubs are almost stupid simple. Hell my Hope hub has like 4 bearings, a few clips, and 3 pawls on the cassette. Other than that there really isn't much there.

 

[stosh]

Ok so I just need to get 2 flat wrenches to open it up and just repack them for the most part? I have a set of Rolff hubs and the one in the rear was squeaking a little.

 

[DßR]

Cone wrenches are what you're thinking about; sounds as if you have a loose-ball/cup-and-cone setup as opposed to a cartridge bearing setup.

You also should get an "axle vise", it makes things a TON easier.

You should also consider just putting some tri-flow or some other oil under the outer seals before tearing the thing apart. That's frequently the cause of hubs squeaking. Re-doing/adjusting bearings is something you probably should not do unless you know what you are doing, otherwise you can ruin them.

 

[binary visions]

Re-doing/adjusting bearings is something you probably should not do unless you know what you are doing, otherwise you can ruin them.

Meh... It's not that complicated. There's some bearings, and a bearing race, and a cone. Pull out the bearings, clean everything, grease everything and re-assemble. When you re-assemble it, the cones should be tight enough so that there's no play, but not so tight that you have any binding or a lot of friction. It's not exactly rocket science - even stosh should be able to figure it out .

Just be methodical, patient, and very clean - take them apart on a clean surface, wash them in a clean container, dry them with a clean rag, and re-grease them with clean grease. Count the bearings as you take them out, and count them again as they go back in..

I do agree that it's likely not the cause of your squeaking, though - try lubing everything up first.

 

[stosh]

Cone wrenches are what you're thinking about; sounds as if you have a loose-ball/cup-and-cone setup as opposed to a cartridge bearing setup.

You also should get an "axle vise", it makes things a TON easier.

You should also consider just putting some tri-flow or some other oil under the outer seals before tearing the thing apart. That's frequently the cause of hubs squeaking. Re-doing/adjusting bearings is something you probably should not do unless you know what you are doing, otherwise you can ruin them.

Ha, thats exactly what I did and it made the noise go away.
I was just wondering if there are things I should do to keep up with maint. on the hubs.

 

[Kornphlake]

maybe I'm just obsessive, but I like to periodically take apart anything with cup and cone bearings to look at the bearing surfaces, if you can find a pit early enough it's possible to save a bearing from going south completely by just replacing the part that's got the pit, assuming you can get a replacement part that is.

 

[budgetrider]

Where do you get replacement bearings? I've flatspotted 3 of 10 in my deore front hub, and now it clicks constantly.