Using Mavic freehub on a Shimano hub

freehub
freehub Posts: 4,257
edited January 2011 in Workshop
Can this be done?

The freehub on my shimano wheel has broke, so I was wondering if I could take a freehub off of a Mavic Aksium wheel and then put this on a Shimano hub from a Shimano R550 wheel.

Is this possible?


Thanks
Will

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  • MichaelW
    MichaelW Posts: 2,164
    No
  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    No
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  • Garz
    Garz Posts: 1,155
    No
  • a_n_t
    a_n_t Posts: 2,011
    yes, I mean no.
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  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    Maybe!


    (But actually no)
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Awesome.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    £18 for a new freehub?


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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    I'll just go take a freehub from an R550 wheel for free.
  • Pokerface
    Pokerface Posts: 7,960
    freehub wrote:
    I'll just go take a freehub from an R550 wheel for free.


    Then why ask the f%%cking question if you already have the correct freehub!!!???
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    Because it's only a matter of time before any of the 2 freehubs I can use will brake, so I thought, well might aswell use the one in best condition, the 2 that will fit make no clicking noise any more, they still freewheel tho.
  • Garz
    Garz Posts: 1,155
    Pokerface wrote:
    freehub wrote:
    I'll just go take a freehub from an R550 wheel for free.


    Then why ask the f%%cking question if you already have the correct freehub!!!???

    :lol:

    :roll:
  • amaferanga
    amaferanga Posts: 6,789
    freehub wrote:
    Because it's only a matter of time before any of the 2 freehubs I can use will brake, so I thought, well might aswell use the one in best condition, the 2 that will fit make no clicking noise any more, they still freewheel tho.

    Have you tried servicing them? A clean and a little bit of grease on the pawls might sort them out.
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    I have no idea how to take them apart and and if it requires more special tools then I have no intention of doing it.
  • jonmack
    jonmack Posts: 522
    You could use google instead of posting on here?

    Then again for the sake of £20, is it worth servicing it?
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    jonmack wrote:
    You could use google instead of posting on here?

    Nothing stopping you from using Google rather than these forums too.
  • jonmack
    jonmack Posts: 522
    I'm not asking a question about the compatibility of freehubs though...
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    If I want to use a forum to ask about the compatibility of freehubs I will do just that...
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    If you want to change the freehub body you will expose the pawls. So you may as well clean them.

    In fact is this a wind up? or are you really a massive cretin in day to day life?
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    EKIMIKE wrote:
    In fact is this a wind up? or are you really a massive cretin in day to day life?

    This is his normal behaviour.
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  • John.T
    John.T Posts: 3,698
    EKIMIKE wrote:
    If you want to change the freehub body you will expose the pawls. So you may as well clean them.
    Not on Shimano he won't. And they are a nightmare to service beyond flushing out and re-lubeing.
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    EKIMIKE wrote:
    If you want to change the freehub body you will expose the pawls. So you may as well clean them.

    In fact is this a wind up? or are you really a massive cretin in day to day life?

    Oh the irony...................................

    If you would be so grateful please kindly **** off out of my threads and never post a single piece of text in them because the only silly cretin wind up merchant here is you.

    Thanks.
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    redddraggon wrote:

    This is his normal behaviour.

    No surprises :lol:
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  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    What did I tell you? p155 off.
  • EKIMIKE
    EKIMIKE Posts: 2,232
    Public Forum. Deal with it. :twisted:
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  • max888
    max888 Posts: 206
    EKIMIKE wrote:
    Public Forum. Deal with it. :twisted:

    LÖL :P
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  • ADIHEAD
    ADIHEAD Posts: 575
    Think there's a place for people who don't have a clue how to fix a bike related problem, it's called your LBS :wink:

    By that I mean, don't take a freehub apart if you're not sure what you're doing as sometimes the pawl springs let go as you open it etc. Some freehubs need grease, some not - ie. Mavics.

    Your local mechanic will probably charge a pittance and you watch him do it, you'll know for next time.
  • fljaweiu
    fljaweiu Posts: 3
    I used to work in a shop and quite often we would sell mavic wheels that had the wrong freehub body for the customer. Our mechanics would just swap out from another mavic wheelset. So yet it is as straightforward as you think, be very careful when removing the freehub body though. The springs holding the pawls in place are loaded and very small. A real PITA if one flies away on you.
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  • JohnnyAllez
    JohnnyAllez Posts: 785
    Mavic-type freehub swap from Shimano fitment to Campag fitment is, as you say, straight-forward if a little tricky. The OP was asking about swapping a Shimano freehub for a Mavic-type freehub, which are not compatible, as was stated earlier. :wink:
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