how to ID a hub and freehub

I've got some unbranded wheels on a Boardman road bike and I recently noticed the cassette was digging into the freehub.
I'd like ro replace the alloy freehub with a steel one but how do I go about IDing the hub or freehub?
cheers

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Have a look at Joytech, Novatec and other Far East OEM.

hmm I could also do with some help id-ing a freehub, I'd like to know if its possible to convert this to shimano? Sorry to jump on your bandwagon shipwright

I can tell you but you have to take the cassette off.

95 percent yes

Thanks

thats good, 95 percent yes to any Mavic / shimano freehub being compatible or do I need something more specific?

Thanks guys and no probs @mcamb the more the better.
I realised after I posted those pics that a pic without the cassette would be better.

right so I got my cassette off and think I've found which freehub it is.
when I google the info on the freehub it comes back with Canondale mostly (do Canondale actually make hubs?) and some references to Formula as well so I guess these are Formula made for Canondale and then Boardman simply bought a batch?

My question now is does anybody know if I can buy a steel body freehub body to replace it?
Could I buy I DT Swiss 3 Pawl and it would fit?

Cannondale Freehub Body Formula FH-536 - KP416

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Could I buy I DT Swiss 3 Pawl and it would fit?

You should be so lucky! Whilst the cassette fitment is to a standard (obvs), the rest isn't so the odds of one manufacturer's freehub fitting another's hub is "modest". Freehubs aren't necessarily interchangeable between a manufacturer's own products.

Formula make hubs for several of the big brands, so Boardman (being a small brand) would have just picked one of the off-the-shelf options.

It's not certain that they make a steel freehub/a freehub with one spline faced in steel, which would be compatible with your hub, so I'd contact Formula or a Cannondale specialist (or try the Cannondale thread on here. You might also try Geoffrey Butler, as they list a number of Formula freehubs.

cracking ta for the input. I'd suspected as much about freehub compatibility but wanted to check.
I'll contact Canondale as they seem to offer at least some support unlike Formula which seems to be non existent AND GB, that site cropped up in previous searches.
Cheers

If you're lucky broken_777 will know, or give Malcolm at the Cycleclinic a ring.

Hey Shipwright, did you ever find a steel replacement for the Formula FH-536? I just pulled off my cassette and discovered the exact same freehub and it’s virtually destroyed, apparently by my incredible torque. Thanks

It is easier to id if you pull off the freehub and take a picture of the mechanism

Nope I never did ID it but I managed to frig my free hub by adding a couple of slim nails which should have stopped the bite.
I've been meaning to get my dremel out and do it better.

Nope I never did ID it but I managed to frig my free hub by adding a couple of slim nails which should have stopped the bite.
I've been meaning to get my dremel out and do it better.