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Hello, I thought I'd ask here rather than start a new thread.
The "x-rd3" 3 speed hub (with drum brake) on my parsley is running funny, only 2 hear available and one of them isn't smooth, almost feels like a cog's broken inside, and intermittently (although this is still rare) it just doesn't engage.
I got the bike second hand and at the time the hub wasn't working properly, main bearings were so loose the axle's main bolts were in screwing while pedaling and I think the gears had a hard life. I partly disassembled the hub (not the hardcore planetary section) re greased the bearings etc. and the bike's been working ok for a year of light and occasional use. One day going up crystal palace and pushing the gears quite hard I felt something going wrong and it's been a bit funny since.
My solution is to buy a new SA inner gearing bit, and just swap it. At about £30 posted it's cheaper I imagine that any specialist bike shop intervention, and I don't have the time to learn the dark art of fixing SA complicated gearing parts. Does that feel the sensible thing to do (in my situation) or am I missing a trick? The Pashley is the currently preferred dad bike...