Mavic Ellipse Hub Disassembly

Did a search on this but couldn't find the answer here.

So, im trying to take apart my Mavic Ellipse Hub for service, and for replacing the bearings, both front and rear. I can't take off the adjusting nuts, and cant remove the axle. I remove the fork support nuts of course, than i insert an allen key on one side in the axle and the provided mavic tool on the other side, on the adjusting nut. It screws off pretty easily, but at some point it suddenly stops. It really feels that something stopping it from coming off, and its not the threads on the axle. The interesting is that this happens on both hubs, on the same spot. Is there any o-ring that i have to remove first in order to remove the axle and the adjusting nuts? Or am i doing something totally wrong?

Unsurprisingly, if you bother to google mavic tech service axle bearings, there's a nice photo illustrated sheet

http://www.tech-mavic.com/tech-mavic/uk/sources/Produits/Piste/Ellipse/Frt_Rear_Axle_Bearing.pdf

I used THAT guide when i tried to take it apart. Followed it step by step, and still couldn't remove the adjusting nuts from the axle.

Better htfu then chum

..and welcome to the friendliest forum on teh internets

A bit late but I've had the same problem and just managed to work it out. Had to laser cut my own tool as mavics is crap. Happy to share if wanted.

Hey,
thanks so much for chiming in, but i have sold the wheelset recently. So... Thanks anyway.

Hi there
So how did you actually managed to remove the axle? I broke the end of the axle, can't take it out to replace. Help me please

I had the same issue and had to use a parktools SPA-2 Spanner to help get the adjusters off. Turns out , if you tighten the axle nuts too hard which you might if you don't want your axles to slip in the dropout, this over-tightening puts a lot of pressure on the supports (those spacer things that butt up against the frame or fork). The part of the spacer that contacts the axle then deforms the axle threads right on the end. Now that its deformed, you might be able to adjust the tension adjusters a few degrees but getting them off all the way for a bearing swap means stripping the adjusters and damaging the axle. If the threads were milled down at the beginning of the axle then this issue would not happen.

Thats what happened to me and I dont feel like buying whole new axle kits and adjusters for 80 pounds so yeah..