Can you replace a freehub body?
You can either buy a new freehub body or if you’re lucky your local bike shop or bike recycling project may have a stash! Your replacement freehub body needs to have the same interface as your old one (meaning the same spline pattern) so it can fit onto your old hub.
How do I know if my free hub needs replacing?
Check the freehub for wear to see if it needs replacing or just cleaning and relubing. To do this, firmly grab the splined body and give it a wiggle. If it moves more than a couple of millimetres side to side, replace it.
How long do free hubs last?
I had them last anywhere between two weeks and three months (170 miles per week). Eventually I gave up and bought a Shimano R500 rear wheel for £50 and six months later the freehub is still fine. If you’re degreasing the cassette mounted to the bike, you’re probably washing the grease out of the free hub.
Can you change the freehub on a bike wheel?
Simple answer: yes, but it’s not worth doing. Cost of hub, spokes, nipples and having wheel rebuilt will exceed the cost of a new wheel. Even if you re-use the spokes a new wheel will still be cheaper. Wheel building requires special equipment, expertise and time to do correctly.
Are Mavic hubs good?
The hubs are incredibly tough, delivering high mileage and long-lasting dependability. And the QRM bearings are the smoothest in the category. It all adds up to a wheelset that delivers the high-quality ride that Mavic is known for.
Should you grease cassette lockring?
Inspect splines of freehub body. Grease threads of lockring and thread lockring into freehub. Install cassette lockring tool and install quick-release skewer.
How often should I service my bike hub?
I recommend to my customers that hubs be rebuilt every 2 years. If the bike sees a lot of usage- call it over 3000 miles a year- then it is every year. If it is low to moderate usage then every 3 years is fine but you should NEVER wait more than 4 years between service even if the hubs are sealed.
How long does a rear hub last?
Wheel bearings have an average lifespan of 136,000 to 160,000 km (approximately 85,000 to 100,000 miles).
What is a Mavic freehub body?
Mavic makes swappable freehub bodies for most of their rear wheels so you’re not permanently married to either SRAM/Shimano or Campy. You can start off with one body with its unique splines, and you can switch to the other fast.The bodies are known in Mavic-speak as FTS-L, or Force Transfer System-Light.
What are the bodies on Mavic wheels made of?
You can start off with one body with its unique splines, and you can switch to the other fast.The bodies are known in Mavic-speak as FTS-L, or Force Transfer System-Light. The body is made of steel, as you’ll currently find on all of Mavic’s road wheelsets. In the recent past, most have had the FTS-L as well, save the Aksium.
How much does it cost to replace a Mavic crosstrail hub?
Had the local bike shop contact Mavic to repair/replace the worn hub and the want $242 then add shipping to east coast and back and you are probably close to $300. Not a good option when you can buy a NEW replacement Mavic Crosstrail for about the same price.
What is the best lubricant to use on a Mavic freehub?
Mineral oil is the only lubricant that should be used. The Mavic tech department uses Pedro’s Road Rage which is essentially mineral oil. All of this being said, the easiest way to determine if your Mavic freehub body is shot is to grab hold of the largest cog on your cassette and try to move it inboard and outboard.