clerictgm Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I don't know WTF is this, horrible quality or what? How Flipp's one still alive? This serves me only for 6 weeks. I ride brakeless, but 6 weeks isn't normal anyway! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyBoy Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 That's a nice little chunk! Funny enough I took my tensile freewheel apart yesterday and found 3 springs and 1 pawl had completely snapped. If you're not going to be using that anymore and it's the 60 click version I'll buy some of those pawls / springs off you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 freewheels are disposable, they will occasionally suprise you and just die, you only need a new pawl and possibly a spring, and that badboy needs a service, also you can run it with one less pawl... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clerictgm Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 It was 96 version. >I'll buy some of those pawls It would be difficult to sell it from Russia >that badboy needs a service Well, our CrazyBike shop gives some warranty on parts, so I will get brand new Echo TR freewheel for free. >disposable I don't think so, some old ENO Trials freewheels serves 5+ years and didn't skip. This is all about quailty control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 eno is the exception to the disposable rule, i'd consider every other freewheel out there as disposable, eno will last for ever.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aener Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I think the "disposable" mindset is everything that's wrong with trials. As for my Tensile, one pawl snapped after about a year. I was skint at the time so just took it's partner-pawl out and ran on four. It was good for just over another two years like that. Sounds like I got lucky! Haha. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Mmmm, greasy. Try cleaning it and discovering the problem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Filo Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 My tensile snapped in 2 weeks. Get a echo and be done with it. My last echo lasted 2 years before it broke Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 To be fair that is the muckiest freewheel I've ever seen, needs a serious clean out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 eno will last for ever.. Only if you're happy to keep throwing money at it to buy spares. I broke a good few pawls and springs in mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clerictgm Posted July 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Cleaned it out and.. well.. It COMPLETELY destroyed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyBoy Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Nicely done! 2 whole pawls left intact Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Perhaps if it'd been looked after in the first place it might have lasted a little better 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Yeah it does look like the cause was down to poor maintenance. The internals were so grotty there wasnt a chance the pawls could engage fully, resulting in this outcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
williams Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 Yeah agreed with the written abowe. My tensile 60 which I've looked after have hold up the whole year sofar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greetings Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 I'm amazed it's possible to wreck a freewheel to that extent in just 6 weeks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted July 31, 2012 Report Share Posted July 31, 2012 How did you ruin a tensile so easily?! I don't think I could do that with a hammer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 i have had 96 click tensiles go just as quick two of them also. i wouldn't be quick recomend this free wheel untill i hear there is a revised version on the market. i now run the tensile 68 click and it is spot on never missed a beat, i really trust them with my life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted August 1, 2012 Report Share Posted August 1, 2012 i have had 96 click tensiles go just as quick two of them also. i wouldn't be quick recomend this free wheel untill i hear there is a revised version on the market. i now run the tensile 68 click and it is spot on never missed a beat, i really trust them with my life. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezmtber Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 could you make some sence of what "mother of god" means to an old man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigjames Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 could you make some sence of what "mother of god" means to an old man? There is no such thing as a Tensile 68 click freewheel, a 60 and the said 96, but not a 68. Probably what he's getting at.Back on topic, it looks like the grease was never flushed out and it's full of crap. Wouldn't blame the freewheel, just a lack of maintenance and know how. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalRobbo341 Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 OT - there is also a 30, used on the mini master from 2010. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clerictgm Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 There is no such thing as a Tensile 68 click freewheel, a 60 and the said 96, but not a 68. Probably what he's getting at.Back on topic, it looks like the grease was never flushed out and it's full of crap. Wouldn't blame the freewheel, just a lack of maintenance and know how. >it's full of crap The "crap" is not from the outside of freewheel - it's grinded parts of itself . And how can too much grease kill freewheel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamKidney Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Both the 98 and 60 freewheels are really good, providing theyre degreased and bedded in properly. Doesnt hurt to clean them every so often too. Im actually tempted to go for another 60 or 98. My 60 lasted way longer than both my sls combined, and the spares are all available too. And how can too much grease kill freewheel? Too much grease slows the movement of the pawls and stops them engaging into the ratchet properly. This leads to skipping, which if left unsolved results in damage to the freewheels internals,ending up like this case here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 That's sort of especially prevalent on the Tensile freewheels which have a load of grease and not especially angled pawls as standard. If you look at an Echo or ENO pawl they tend to be quite 'sharp' at the tip, whereas the Tensile ones seem to be less so. When they skip, it's more prone to damaging the tip of the pawl where it engages more which in turn makes them more prone to skipping. All those little bits of pawl float around inside the freewheel too and wear away the ratchet, so you just end up with a haggard freewheel if you don't keep on top of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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