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I have an Orbea Rise H30 fitted with HUNT Wide V2 wheels. The bike and wheels have performed faultlessly for the last 1700 miles.
But…
Earlier tonight I decided to change my brake pads and what should have been a 10 minute job turned into several hours of frustration and despair.
While I had the rear wheel off I thought Id give the cassette a good clean. When removing the end cap the entire cassette and freehub came free. That wasnt a problem and I decided to give the freehub and axle a good clean too.
I cleaned and lightly greased the bearings etc and cleaned the freehub ( Shimano micro spline) lightly oiled it with dry lube, put it all back together and refitted the wheel.
Now when I stop pedalling the pedals continue to turn but the wheel doesnt spin anywhere near as freely. If I loosen the wheel axle the pedals will stop turning but the rear wheel is loose. If I tighten the wheel axle to a certain point the pedals will only turn when not pedalling on the 3 smallest cogs. When the pedals are turning the freehub “buzz” is missing.
As stated, this pedal turning and loss of buzz has only happened since I cleaned the freehub
Any suggestions as to whats happened and how to resolve it?
Thanks
P
You’ve left a spacer out.
Download an exploded view of the hub, check you've put back together in the correct order.
Also hubs are quieter when serviced and greased/lubed. I remember putting on a bit too much grease when servicing a hope hub, and the pawls did move as well. I took it apart and cleaned some of grease off.