What's The Best Way To Run/wear A Chris King In?

[JonCongreve]

Basically i'm gonna be getting my new Chris King, built onto the new '06 Echo rim, soon and need to know the best way to run/wear them in? So far i've heard a few different ways to run/wear them in, by cleaning them first then riding road on them and then cleaning them again, or riding road on them, or just even riding trials on them straight away.

So what is THE BEST/MOST POPULAR AND EFFECTIVE way to run a Chris King hub in?

Would be good to know what everyone says.

Thanks alot as any advice is appreciated.

Jon

EDIT: Just realised i posted this in the wrong forum (oops) So if anyone would move it into 'Trials Chat' that would be brilliant

Edited February 7, 2006 by JonCongreve

[tipsy Jock]

I just rode mine and made sure the bearings didn't come loose, has been fine so far

[deanie-b]

Hiya

Whip her apart, DEGREASE everything,pawls,bearings, the lot.... Make sure all the lube they give you is gone.

Then whack some finish line in, (i believe)

Put it all back together, just run it in

Oooh, reguarly check the hub cones too

[nmt_oli]

Hmmm, im not sure if you really need to take it apart as it shoudl be lubed up properly from the factory, if you do however, try and invest in some proper CK ringdrive lube, its not that expensive, and is worth it. Use this lube on the drive rings, and finishline on the helical spline, and a bit of gt85 everywhere else, and it will be fine.

the reason people recomend not riding trials on kings straight away is because the bearings seat themslevles fully in the flange (which will have changed size very slightly since manufacture due to the tension of the spokes) and cause the axle (not cones- there are no cones whoever said that!) to come loose. A loose axle is the primary cause of skipping and damage to a king, and you often dont realise until its too late. Its good therefore to do a few hours on it on an XC bike, and check the axle regularly. It will probably only need tighting once or twice before being settled, but better to be safe than sorry. It also allows the bearings themsleves to wear in a bit, although i doubt it makes much of a difference. Then just ride trials on it as much as you like.

Alternatively you can go straight into trials riding- but make sure you check the axle REGULARLY as you might not realise until too late, and on a trials bike this has much worse consequences than an xc bike (if your in the middle of a move or whatever)

[Greetings]

I have a new king and it's very quiet comparing to my friends' whose is already bed in. This is probably because it's new right? How long does it take to bed in doing only trials?

My hub has a heavy duty axle, will that also come loose for no apparent reason? By loose you mean the cone on the non-drive side unscrews? I had that happen and had do grind down an allen key for it to fit the nut

[Jeza]

I dont own one myself, but my friends do they fitted there wheel onto their mountain bikes and went for a decent size ride, not a bad idea, i think on the box or somewhere it tells you the advised distance to bed it in and they road this fair.

Hope i helped

Jeza

[street trials rider]

QUOTE(deanie-b @ Feb 8 2006, 08:37 AM) ←

Whip her apart, DEGREASE everything,pawls,bearings, the lot....

i guess you either dont have a king, or know the internals atleast also very few people can get the bearings out without damaging them as you need the £100 tool to take bearinsg out and put in properly

best way to bed them in is go rolling down loads of hills, or send it off to tarty for a "no skip" servce (if he still does them)

but as has been mentioned, take the freehub off and spray loads of degreaser in it (x-lite do some top notch stuff) get rid of alot of the grease, then spray some GT85 or WD40 in it, put it all bakc together and ride it for a bit to bed the bearings in, then you should be good to go..... worked perfectly for me

Edited February 8, 2006 by street trials rider

[br3n]

ive never touched mine.. just ride and see what happens.