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Hoping somebody have had the same issue or can suggest what might have happened/ a fix, before I send my new wheels back.
Brand new set of Mavic S35 27.5 Boost wheels arrived today - bought online from a national seller. Gone to sort our changing freehub and putting cassette on (Stuart at BikeBarn has been really, really helpful and sold me the freehub I needed, but didn't stock the wheels), but the axle simply doesn't fit in either direction trough the rear hub. I tried the drive side as well to see if was an issue only on the non-drive side set-up.
Product description from seller says boost and the correct axle 12mm axle size, the download from the mavic site with the serial number says it's the right size.
Am I missing something?
Bike is a Cube Stereo 160 Race
Possibly stupid answer but does the axle end unscrew?
not familiar with the mavics but across my road and mtb fleet you have to use cone spanners to take the end of the axle off before it’ll go through the hub. Otherwise the axle would never stay in place!
fromJRA re: swapping my freehub and its similar to loads of wheels i’ve done bearings and freehub swaps. If that doesnt work then it could just be stiff going through bearings so a bit of grease and gentle persuasion
”Yes, you are correct, the M type is what you need for the Boost hub. You need to unscrew the axle with a 17mm spanner on each end, and then the freehub will come off with the axle. There is a spacer between the freehub and main freehub, replace it with the one which comes with the new freehub because there are 3 different thicknesses (1,2 or 3mm) and you need to use the correct one with the freehub. Also replace the rubber seal on the axle with the new one supplied, the XD one is smaller than the Shimano one.”
Might just be a slightly tighter tolerance if nothing is blocking it