Isen workshop: adventures in batch production (or not...)

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edscoble in reply to @macaroon

Have had Shimano freehubs fail on me twice in the past, and it's an annoyance you can't strip them down and service them yourself. Otherwise, they're good hubs.

But you can, best thing about Shimano is the cup and cone system.

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gbj_tester in reply to @edscoble

But you can

Well, yes, you can if you can be arsed to make copies of the factory assembly tools, but the freehub unit is always sold complete so even if you could get it apart you can't get replacements for any of the wearing parts. Compare that with most boutique hubs which, for reasons of manufacturing economy rather than design excellence, use a couple of cheap industrial cartridge bearings to spin the rotor, and insert the ratchet into the hub shell.

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edscoble in reply to @gbj_tester

Misunderstood original post, probably easier to just replace the freehub than to service it.

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