forteh Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Is that just the bearings that have self destructed or the ratchet system?Looks like bits of hub/drive shell. Im guessing some bearings have collapsed and its chewed itself to pieces, the ratchet ring and bearings would be in hardened steel as such wouldnt produce swarfe like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Believe it or not the bearings are all still perfect. To save weight the freehub body is aluminium while the carrier for the ratchet pawls is steel. The freehub body threads onto the carrier. The threads on the pawl carrier have snapped off and chewed up the threads in the freehub body. You can still see the threaded ring which used to be part of the pawl carrier wedged into the freehub body in the second picture. The moral of the story anyway is that this hub isn't up to XC use, not to mind trials. Industry nine are the next ones to try - only other 120 click hub on the market AFAIK... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 Ill stick with me king Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psycholist Posted April 23, 2009 Report Share Posted April 23, 2009 I'm looking for something to match the reliability of Shimano XTRs from 2002 ish. They'd run for 6 or 7 years with no maintenance at all. Only downside is they only have 16 clicks, so pick up on drive is a bit crappy, even for XC use. I snapped an axle in the current model XTR hub (32 clicks in the freehub) after about a year's XC use, so they're also junk unfortunately . Kings need too much minding to stay going as XC hubs. The 3-6 month strip and relube maintenance schedule they reckon the hubs need with a full rebuild every year is a hell of a lot more than I'd ever bother with - for trials where they're not routinely exposed to mud, rain and mileage, King hubs are a great choice (Though I prefer my ENO).Industry nine might be the next ones I'll try - have to see if Superstar will give me warranty cover... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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