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Even though I do not have a sticky free hub, I always enjoy just watching you explaining and repairing stuff. Thank you for the video and keep up the good work!

RJ's videos are extremely helpful. He does an excellent job describing the process! THANK YOU!

Great video presentation as usual. Thank you for taking the time to do it right and clear.

Great video, everything explained in detail. Thank you so much! I had to repair a freehub and this vid taught me exactly how to do it. I didn't bother to remove the cassette though, but just removed the hub with the cassette still mounted. Bike works great again.

Thanks for a great video. Did everything like described on my KTM life conquest, took out a lot of debris from frewheel, soaked it in wd40, oiled with maschine oil, put new grease on the bearings and assembled all back. Works like a charm!

Thank you my man! My local shop wanted $160 to replace something, I don’t even remember what. It’s been sitting for over a year now. ...I did everything you said here and it’s working like new! (Used normal tools though) Thank you thank you!!

Thanks for that video! I just watched the one where you completely put apart the freehub, but this one is much quicker and does not requires to machine the special tool. Let's get it done!

Whenever I need to do something on my bicycles, RJ saves the day with a video that corresponds to my situation. Thumbs up!

Nice vid mate. Just picked up a bike with a sticky back hub not driving so I'll have a go at it soon. Cheers from Melbourne, Australia. Rob.

Thank you so much for posting this. I wasn't able to get the cassette freehub out...it seemed to be really stuck, but once i cleaned it up with WD40 and lubed it, it started to work just as good as new. Thank you once again...your videos have saved me time and $$ over and over. If you accept paypal donations I would to help you out in return for your selfless acts and helpful videos. Cheers.

This video is exactly what I needed. My bearings were in good shape, but the whole free hub assembly was a mess. Everything is smooth as glass now. Thank you!

I know it's an old video but thank you so much every one said that i should buy a new wheel cos the hub was dead but thanks to you i managed to make it work like a charm ! You're videos are gold

Thank you for your videos. They have been incredibly helpful on my journey into bike maintenance.

Great video.Good info,good photography and good speaking.Well done.

Excellent explanation! Thanks for your effort!

Really helpful video, very well presented. Saved the day for me - thank you!

Thanks again for your videos. It's been soooooo long since I serviced a Shimano hub that forgot how to grease the internals. Much appreciated

Thanks for this, it's really useful to someone like me who has a long mechanical engineering background but who needs to understand how something was put together first to avoid damaging it when dismantling.

Thanks for your video i learned how to maintain my bikes, more power to you RJ the bike guys

Hey man!!! you are doing brilliant work!!!👍💪💪💪👍💪👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥

Good video. Very clear and helpful.

This helped a lot. It helped me fix the same issue on my Trek 7200 multi track. Thanks

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

Thanks - perfect guide for my latest bike problem!

Thank you for your information. Very helpful

In all the years I've been fixing bike's I'd never come across this issue. had to do some work on a second hand GT karakoram. As long as you have all the right tool's, it was quite an enjoyable job. Cheers for the video 👍 from UK.

Great instructions!

When adjusting cup/cone wheel axles, consideration of QR or axle nut compression is important. The correct way to achieve this is to actually adjust the bearings so that there is a very slight amount of play before mounting in the frame, as the compression will tighten the bearings even more. This mistake often leads to too tight bearings and premature wear. If you can find it, Jobst Brandt gives a great description of this process.

Please show the bearing cone and hub bearing tracks inspection, for pitting and bearing track metal break up. A very good video 👍🙂

Thank your tutorial I now feel able to repair my twenty year old bike with that freehub issue by myself. Thank you so much for posting this :-))'

So my bike isn't exactly the same as this however it's close enough that I've done what was needed.. I had zero idea before hand... A question I asked Google led me to one of your videos and that one led me here 😊 thank you for the info 😊😊

💚 Best video I found on the subject.

Nice! Thank you, learn a lot today

Very helpfull! Thank you

Thanks this vid really helped, i had the same problem on my GIANT TCR 2 ROAD BIKE 9 speed cassette

Mr. bikeguy thank youdilinizi anlamadığım halde el haraketleriniz sıralı ve detaycı anlatımınızdan 20 senelik eski bir bisikleti 2017 model donanımlı hale getirdim çok sağolun başarili videolarinızın devamınıbekliyoruz tekrar teşekkür sağlıkla kalın

Very helpfull. Thanks man :)

Thank you very much sir..... i appreciate it. Kudos Mantab.

Thanks RJ! (again)

I took some carb spray in there first. Just to make sure that was the problem. And the gears immediately started to engage again. But now I can hear the bearings are dry. now So hopefully have have enough tools . I don't have any specialty tools.But hopefully I can work around that. Thanks for the video. It was helpful.

Nice video, thanks :)

great video :)

I like your videos .its make Mi even I can make my bike.thanks man but give more videos

Thanks mate.

Thanks, I did and it worked in my!!!!!

Thanks!

Thanks a lot man , its very simple to do that not for me

Nice vid

Hey RJ. Love the videos. You can use compressed air to blow out any remaining solvent. A cool trick is to cut the top off a soda bottle and place it over the freehub body so it forms a seal , then blow air through cap which has a hole drilled in it for the air nozzle. I have also used a similar trick to blow fresh grease into flat pedals without having to dissasemble them (they were old pedals and I was too lazy to overhaul them).

I got a ball bearing tweezers. I love it.😊

Hi do you think i can use muc off wet chain lube , i don t really want to take it apart and use grease?

Thanks for another great video RJ. How often does a Freehub need oiling?

Nice video just what i wanted to know. You did miss out putting the bearings in the back of the free hub that you took out with your pliers. What lube did you use when you put those back in

Very helpful - thank you. Works perfectly after.

hey RJ, i maybe have a problem with my 90s nishiki mountainbike. when im pedaling the hub sometimes makes a cracking noise, sounds like the paws start gripping inside the freehub. the same cracking noise as if a start pedaling abrubtly it appears in all gears, i have 7 gears in the back but on a freehub not a freewheel. would u recommend the same fix for this problem as in this video? i hope u understand what i mean, my english isnt that great.. greetings from germany

My favorite lube for cassettes is 75w90 Mobil1 or Valvoline synthetic gear lube. I think Phil oil is a bit on the thick side. Maybe ok where temps are high.

Thanks, the video was very helpful

Looks like you made your own wheel 😊

Tip .if you have the problem where the freehub is free in both directions, Take cable ties or strong string/ paracord perhaps with you ,but the “dork guard”must be gone ,then thread cables ties thru the gaps in biggest cog and thru the spokes .which locks the cogs to the wheel ,effectively making it a fixed wheel bike ,might get you home 🏠..slowly

Great video, for simple and easy fix which should be done more often. I just opened mine and free hub was type FH-T300. What is your guess, can i just remove lip seal, soak all the stuff out and install new oil via small bearings.

That literally looks like my bike. Is there a disc brake adapter for those two little holes on top of the drop out?

Half the time I watch these I hadn't realized I had a problem. . . thanks?

Super!!!

Great

you put in the hub with wobbling what is that blue grees?

Is there any other lube you can use? Like chain lube or something?

Do they have a Dt swiss model for this?

RJTerrific video! Very helpful and well explained. I have a basic (sticky) Shimano FH-RM35 rear hub/freehub. There is no removable seal when I remove the freehub body.. If I dunk the freehub in kerosene, how do I dry it out, just let it sit overnight? Thanks very much for your help. Ric

What's the benefit of the hubs that use replaceable ball bearings versus the type that use the skate board style bearings of whatever diameter? It seems like the skate board style bearings (I hate how they're both called bearings) but the wheel bearings seem like you'd be able to just replace the entire bearing versus having to deal with a bunch of BBs and greasing them yourself, keeping track of how many of them there are etc. Also why are teh bearings balls on something that's supposed to move only on one axis? Should they be discs to ensure they don't stray and can be spaced exactly apart so they don't rub against eachother?

what grease you use

Can you reuse the old bearings? Or is it recommended to replace them?

the 10mm was too small. I was able to rig it out with a tapering end of a screwdriver. Would it be 12mm? 11mm?

i'm probably needing to do this, my freehub has just broke, on my Specialized Rockhopper, when u peddle and then stop peddling while moving, the chain just droops!! thanks for the vid! :-D

Hello RJ just a quick question, in this video (which has been very helpful, so thank you) you use oil to lubricate the hub after cleaning it down. However, in another video, where you rebuild the hub you use greace. Which is better? I am able to remove the rubber seal on my hub which means I would be able to get either grease or oil into one side (don't want to have to knock out the other side as it's not necessary (as I can see from video) and oil would be easier as well. ???

Thanks for this tutorial... but, as you know, there are a lot of differents hubs. I need a tutorial of a sram/btwin one that have the freewheel not so free like this Shimano. Probably it is only very dirty and sticky but i don't understand how to open it. It is a sealed bearing B'Twin hub with a 10 speed body for Sram X7, original part of a RockRider 720s my2016, probably. Thanks, anyway :-)

did you ever open maintenance of zitto cassette XD , thru axle ?

this Is what my new bike Is doing feels gritty once I stop pedaling and jumps my chain, i took it to a shop to get it check they said they can't fix it because it's a one piece unit, what does that mean? I can't open it to be cleaned and greased or do i just buy another freehub?

Where do you buy the specific tool to take off the hub?

Use Diesel to clean the parts. Use spray dry lube to finish the job. Will last a long time till it gums up again compared to grease.

What size of allen did you use?

This has been a very helpful video - thanks. What about the inside of the wheel hub though - is there a good way to clean the inside?

Is it possible to use chain lube instead of tenacious oil?

I need help guys. My pedal spins when I free wheel and idk why. I got a 9spd casette and I'm currently using an 8spd shifter and rd (rd and shifter is still out of stock from our local bike shop). When I freewheel, the chain sags or slacks and when I let go of the pedal, the pedal spins as I freewheel

Good video but too small Issues. The correct bearing setting is to have just a little bit of freeplay in the bearings, such that when the wheel is installed and the quick release Titenned, the freeplay is removed. Yes, even when when the quick release is not super tight it will still clamp the cones/ bearings down some thousandths of an Inch! The other smaller critique is to never use an adjustable wrench on anything unless it is absolutely necessary. If you clamp the wheel into the Triangle with the quick release properly, you should be able to feel whether or not there is play by bracing your hand on the seat stay and trying to move the rim back-and-forth. I just assembled a set of new wheels and have adjusted the bearings twice In order to get 0 free play once the quick release is clamped closed. On a semi regular basis I also make sure to spin the axle a little bit so that the weight of the bike and rider is not continually in one place on the cones in the hub. The same thing is accomplished when one changes a flat tire As it is very unlikely that 1 could replace the axle in the exact same position

I'd pop those bearings out with something softer than a screw driver (like the tongs of a plastic fork) so I don't scrape the bearing race.

i just did this but used chainsaw chain oil instead

Hey, what kind of grease and oil should I use if I'm on a budget? It's just a single-time repair for me so I don't want to spend 50 bucks on it. Thanks.

Why are front axles thicker than rear axles? Usually 14mm to 10mm or something. Most weight is on the rear generally.

I had to get the freewheel remover took because mines 21mm? 19.5mm inside

RJ, I got my freehub lubed with Phil's Tenacious and it seems relatively smooth now. However when I put it back on the hub and then installed the cassette, there was so much play in the cassette. I took it all apart again and found that it's really the freehub that is sloppy. Is this something you've seen before? I'm thinking its time for a new freehub (?) Thanks

How can I make my bent chain wheel?

What solution are u soaking hub in ?

Can i use non freehub oil

ever use 90w gear oil instead of phils? Gear oil is way cheaper at $4 for 32 oz versus $15-20 for 4oz of Phils.....Your thoughts?

harganya terlalu sadis..

what is that blue you saw grees ?

is baby oil ok for the freehub?

I wish I found this sooner, took my rear wheel to the mechanic yesterday because my hub was slipping and not turning the wheel. He told me that the hub was pressed in and could not be repaired, so I bought a new rim + hub. Are there even pressed - in hubs? Or did I just lose money and a serviceable hub to a scammer? All hubs should be repairable... right?

hi i have a giant xtc MTB my free hub uses a 12 mm L wrench from the other side of the wheel. what side must i turn it to lose it? my bike looks simular like this one www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=286733