Taking Apart An Eno

[Swize]

As the title says really i need to take apart my eno and give it a clean , but i don't have a clue how to .

Any chance some one could make me a guide or just help me along the way ??

Cheers Sam (Y)

[Siders77]

Just unscrew the red/green lockring and then start cleaning. (Y)

[Mark W]

Well, first step is just to take the crank off/wheel out (if you're running rear freewheel, which I'm doubting). Get a hammer and a screwdriver, and knock the lockring loose. Take that off, and the first thing you'll probably notice is the thick blue grease smeared everywhere. Get a rag and wipe it clean. You'll then have a little clip that's holding the bearings/outer shell on. Take the minx off (or, if you're me, try doing a gap, then notice your lock-ring had loosened and cross-threaded, and the outer shell is hanging off at an angle, with no little clip thing in sight (Y)). You can then just pull the outer shell off, leaving the inner bit with six lovely pawls on show. If you've never stripped it, these WILL be covered in a thick grease which is just from the bearings when they've done their bedding in. Give the pawls and springs a *Really* good clean. Degrease them and get the rag in all the nooks and crannies. You can take off the little seal the other side of them to get down both sides of the pawls. After you've done this, turn your attention to the ratchet bits inside the outer shell. Again, just wipe them clean. Get a small screw-driver and put the rag around the tip so you can get right into the depths of them, 'cos they're pretty fiddly. Basically, the effort you put in will dictate how well the freewheel works :) Just give it all a thorough clean, then get around to putting the outer shell back on. You'll be wanting to do this by laying it on top of the other bit of the freewheel. Then, put pressure down above one of the pawls. Using a screw-driver, press that pawl in. The freewheel outer will slide down a bit. Put pressure on the next pawl along, and press the pawl in and make sure the otuer shell goes down and covers it. REpeat this for the rest 'til it's all sitting nicely. Spray some GT-85/light wet lube into the bit with the springs 'n' pawls, then put the outer seal back on. Clip the clip back on, then Threadlock the lock-ring back on.

Hey presto, a louder, more reliable Eno (Y)

[Swize]

Cheers fot that ill have a go tomorro ..

How much can go wrong ???

sam

[Mark W]

Short of you putting the outer shell back on inside out or melting the whole thing, very little. You can't get the springs and pawls out without a major fight (So they won't fly out (Y)), and you can't really spill bearings everywhere 'cos they're sealed up snug as a bug in a rug.

It'll be cool :)

[Matthews]

Just unscrew the red/green lockring and then start cleaning. (Y)

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sidehop how is your eno after our little funny afternoon :) (Y)

[JT!]

It works when you clean it, :)" the clicks are louder and more define and it slipps half as much.

(Y)

[Siders77]

sidehop how is your eno after our little funny afternoon :)  (Y)

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It's fine, but I swear you bloody killed it! (Y) Oh yeah, sorry to be a bit off topic, but does anyone know if you can buy the seal separately because mine has broken...(LEW) ;)

[Bionic Balls]

i lost the seal too (the blue one right?)....i used a rubber bit from an old headset (Y)

adam

PS: by the way..the lockring unscrews clockwise! and half of the pawls are longer than the others, so when you put them back in- make sure that the 3 matching ones are spaced evenly

[Swize]

Cheers lads all done now (Y) :S .

Sam

[modrider666]

Hey everyone,

I am unsure of how to take the black clip off, There is probably an easy way of doing this but i dont want to bugger it up (Y)" .

Cheers, Peter