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my hub has really bad drag

any suggestions for a new one with good engagement and little drag that wont leave me broke?

22 Comments

  • + 3
 take apart your hub, clean, regrease, and readjust it

also, take the seal-rings off the bearings and check the bearing internals; maybe they're dirty as well and need to be regreased
  • + 1
 no, when i take it off and spin just the cassette body on it it works the same.
  • + 1
 there might be something lodged internally inside of the hub had the same problem and there was a small shaving of metal inside of mine after i taken it out it worked like it should
  • + 1
 im gonna try to take it apart...see what that does for it
  • + 2
 Ill sell u a XTR hub brand new for dirt cheap
  • + 1
 ill consider, what size and how much
  • + 1
 135 and its almost a 300 dollar hub so maybe like 150?
  • + 1
 12mm axle?
  • + 1
 lemme check.. its in my car right now so I dont have it near me
  • + 1
 btw, what car did u end up getting?
  • + 1
 a scion, it small, its green, it gets good mileage, good sound system, good gps and touchscreen, its semi fast, but hey it gets me everywhere i need to be and its noticeable
  • + 1
 youre lucky youre jewish Razz
  • + 1
 whys that? ur getting a mercedes.. I paid for over half of the car..
  • + 1
 im just messin but the benz has 125k mi on it an im paying 2000 for it
  • + 1
 2,000 for a benz with 125k miles.. sounds like one hell of a deal.. i paid for a car with 60K miles on it and i paid 10K
  • + 1
 Oh wow, sure thats not the brakes??
  • - 3
 Yeah you definitely want to take that hub apart and clean it then add WD-40.
  • + 4
 No WD-40.
  • + 1
 Polylube then.
  • + 1
 you need to regrease/relube everything even an i9 hub isn't that bad
  • + 1
 thanks, ill give that a try,
which tpe of lube would u reccomend? the ones you apply on the bb for example?
  • + 1
 For the bearings drop some chain lube in there, for everything else I use Parktools PolyLube (metal to metal surfaces, threads, and pawls/ teeth) you really don't need that much, but make sure that you get all the old stuff out of there.








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