trials hoe Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 As per title dunno where else to ask now ,I'm stumped, my commuter has a hope mono on the back (the old one from the long frogoten time of the xc and bulb) and after a full strip down new bearings, springs and pawls a few months back I've noticed its all gone a bit quiet, took it apart and all pawls look fine as do the ratchet faces so I can only assume the springs were a bit crap. I dont want to order more springs and pawls for this happen again so after a look around I found a spring place the sells springs, I know all the lengths and sizes I need the only thing I dont know is the compresion rate/spring rate. Does anybody know??? I asked hope and got a paragraph of ums and arrs ended with ''buy a pro 2,'' bit dissapointing from hope they've always been bang on with their answers in the past:| I know its a long shot but any input would be good Cheers guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filo Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Sure there's not to much grease in there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials hoe Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Sure there's not to much grease in there? grease is all good with some thin teflon spray stuff, I did try a re-grease but made no difference. I had run the same grease with old springs and pawls and all was fine, till I gave it some tlc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 grease is all good with some thin teflon spray stuff, I did try a re-grease but made no difference. I had run the same grease with old springs and pawls and all was fine, till I gave it some tlc. Give the springs a bit of a stretch, always works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials hoe Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 Give the springs a bit of a stretch, always works for me worked a treat with the old ones lol, these newer ones wern't too keen all seem to stay the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyseemonkeydo Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 So it works fine but it's a bit quiet on your commuter? Sounds good to me!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trials hoe Posted January 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 So it works fine but it's a bit quiet on your commuter? Sounds good to me!! noooooooo lol, louder the better for me I like to be the centre of attention and people hear you before you get there too. on the other note it does work fine still but I cant have it break on me, need it for transport, cars are money-pits and buses are shite lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted January 31, 2012 Report Share Posted January 31, 2012 I embarrassingly killed a bulb just from commuting. I had one with relatively low use and after 18 months commuting the ratchet ring has been made pretty damned smooth, and before it went (obviously) it has lots of trouble engaging and skipped a whole lot. It clearly didn't like pre-loaded sprint starts over that time and I actually had more luck with a cheap Shimano thing that for commuting use never let me down. If your hub engages and is quiet, well I'd be over the moon - perhaps just don't crank off the line too hard. I mean no one can guarantee whether it will or will not break. I'd say if it's engaging reliably now then it seems your springs are okay, if the only difference is that it's a bit quieter then I'd just see it as a plus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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