Dismantle/cleaning Of A Bmx Profile Hub

[Dave Anscombe]

ok dudes........my bike is being gay and has decided to give up on me.........rear wheel folded t shite.........profile hub well making nasty noises.....

so i would like some info on how to take the profile appart safely......dont want pawls and springs everywear now people........what should i be looking for/how should i clean it.and with what do i clean it with...do i run it dry or with a little grease?

all the info you know would be most helpfull as i have never taken my hub appart before........

and know didilly squat

Edited May 22, 2007 by mrkoxx

[El Cristoff]

spray, and spray, and spray with WD40 and/ or GT85.

[Mike W]

Take the back wheel off, and pull the rear sprocket revealing the pawls, springs and ratchet, wipe with a cloth/tissue,spray wd40 or gt85 on them all push it all back in.

its suprisingly simple

mike W

[Si-man]

Driver comes off in one if you pull it (sometimes it can be quite loose)

Pawls cant fly off since they are held in by leaf springs, just dont bend them whatever you do.

Clean them with GT85 or TF2 spray, then stick some oil in there, light stuff tends to work abit better.

All there is to it really.

Try not to use grease as it can get abit sticky and not allow the pawl to engage properly.

Putting it together is easy aswell. Puch a pawl into one of the ratchet teeth, then carefully locate as best as you can the others, make sure they are deffinatly catching then push the driver down. Spin the driver and see if it engages properly, jobs a goodun