Help needed with wonky rear wheel
stayhigh65
Posts: 611
Morning All
Hope y'all cool and groovy
While I was out riding this morning the rear of the bike felt a bit sloppy, like I didnt have enough air in the tyre so I pulled up and had a look around the tyre but couldn't find anything wrong with it.
What I did find was some play in the rear wheel from non drive to drive side, on closer inspection this seems to be coming from the hub body/free wheel where the QR skewer goes through. I have undone the QR and re tightened it but the wobble remains and I have removed the wheel but cant see anything immediately obvious around the hub/free wheel area :?
Anybody have any ideas or is it trip to the LBS time?
Hope y'all cool and groovy
While I was out riding this morning the rear of the bike felt a bit sloppy, like I didnt have enough air in the tyre so I pulled up and had a look around the tyre but couldn't find anything wrong with it.
What I did find was some play in the rear wheel from non drive to drive side, on closer inspection this seems to be coming from the hub body/free wheel where the QR skewer goes through. I have undone the QR and re tightened it but the wobble remains and I have removed the wheel but cant see anything immediately obvious around the hub/free wheel area :?
Anybody have any ideas or is it trip to the LBS time?
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what is the rear hub? if shimano sounds like the cones need adjusting.0
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Its a Shimano XT 08. The wheels are hand built by Merlin around 3 months ago. Whatever it is the QR skewer goes through is loose and causing the play, dont know much about wheels so would this be the cones then?0
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take the wheel out, remove the skewer and grab the cones and see if they move0
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The rubber cap (cone?) on the non drive side of the hub moves0
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Does the axle move? Get hold of the steel axle and wiggle it. Is there any play? If so, will need adjusting.0
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Yes the axle does move when I gave it a "iggle" (
) How do I go about adjusting it? 0 -
An 'iggle' ;-) hehe.
You need a cone spanner (15mm) and normal spanner (17mm). Then the adjusting bit.
Park Tools website has a step by step guide.0 -
An "iggle" a day... :roll:
Off to Park I go then to find said handy guide. Out of curiosity is it normal for this to happen so soon? As I said earlier have only had the wheels for around 3 months and only done around 250 miles of trail/xc riding with no jumping or abuse. Aside from suddenly discovering your rear wheel is wonky any other early warning signs to look out for?0 -
It can happen with this type of hub. Hopefully the amount of movement isnt excessive (as a lot could indicate wear or damage).
A hub strip and inspection can't hurt, again park tools says how.0 -
Am I right in thinking that I want the Adjustable Type Hub Overhaul?
http://www.parktool.com/repair/readhowto.asp?id=1050 -
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Excellent stuff, now to get busy with the hub fixing frenzy.
Cheers for your help Super 8)0 -
No probs! Just take your time - might take you a few goes to get the adjustment right!0
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and the missus may take some persuading about the use of the kitchen table to lol :shock:0
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That is what they are for! And the bike comes up nice when cleaned in the bath/shower ;-)0
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watch out of loosing ball bearings if you take the cones out0
