Wobbly rear wheel

dogboy73

My rear wheel has developed a wobble. On closer inspection I found the axle was loose in the hub so it looks like I need to service the hubs. Never done this before as the wheels are fairly new & previously I've just had this kind of work done at the LBS. I just wanted to check what tools I need to buy for the job? I have Shimano hubs. Cheers

nicklouse

read the how to service your cone and cup hubs on Parktools or Sheldon Browns pages.

dogboy73

nicklouse wrote:

read the how to service your cone and cup hubs on Parktools or Sheldon Browns pages.

Cheers, Nick.

Incidently I was just wondering if you have ever posted anything on this forum other than 'read the Park tools/sheldon pages'??! :x You're like a stuck bleedin record!! And it may come as a shock to you but I think the Sheldon pages are rubbish! I can hardly ever find stuff on there that I need, even though you (almost exclusively) say that it is there!! It's a horrible site.

I did manage to find the cone & cup hubs pages on the Park site but these do not tell you which size spanners to use, which is what I was asking on here. It was the whole point of my post. I know what I need & I'm pretty sure I know what I need to do. Already researched this, thank you very much. Just need to know what spanners I need to buy

Deputy Dawg

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15395103[/url]linky[/url]

dogboy73

Deputy Dawg wrote:

[url=http://www.bikeradar.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=15395103[/url]linky[/url]

Cheers, Dawg. All the info I need in there

cooldad

You would have found the page Deputy Dawg linked to if you'd been arsed to do a search.
Lazy git.
And Sheldon Brown used to be able to walk on water.

Deputy Dawg

You get quite arsey when you don't get to post your favourite url don't you cooldad. Still I recon coming up with something original must take a bit too much effort

dogboy73

cooldad wrote:

And Sheldon Brown used to be able to walk on water.

Pitty whoever did his website could'nt walk on water as well

cooldad

Just fed up with lazy people who want everything spoonfed to them. To many hopeless people to be original each time.

cooldad

dogboy73 wrote:

cooldad wrote:

And Sheldon Brown used to be able to walk on water.

Pitty whoever did his website could'nt walk on water as well

Pity you couldn't learn to spell, then your comments would be so much more effective.

dogboy73

cooldad wrote:

Just fed up with lazy people who want everything spoonfed to them. To many hopeless people to be original each time.

I agree. I think we should just abandon the forums in favour of a long list of locked sticky threads. Then you wouldn't have to be troubled with such bothersome stuff like someone asking a question that some time ago might have already been asked by someone else!! Jeez :roll:

cooldad

Not at all what I said, or what I meant. But I am of the opinion that people should do some research, especially on common topics, then ask if they need clarification, or if they can't find the info.
Not expect a technical treatise every time they have a question.
The forum search is pretty useless, but a google search on a topic, including bikeradar in the search, works well.

dogboy73

Yes, thank you very much CD. I did all that & found what I thought was the right info. I came on here for confirmation from the smart & knowing members of the Bike Radar forums

wheelygood

Assuimng it is just a standard cup and cone ball type of hub then highly likely it'll be a 15mm cone spanner to hold the cone and a 17mm ordinary spanner to get the lock bolt off. Tho some are only 14mm cone spanner. You can get cone spanners with two sizes on.

dogboy73

Cheers, Wheely. I've ordered myself 13mm & 15mm cone spanners + a 17mm ordinary spanner for the old bike tool kit

I was also wondering which grease to buy for the hub/bearings? One of the very good guides I found recommended Pedros syn grease but I could'nt find any of that. The guide also mentioned that Lithium grease is not really thick enough & can break down to easily. So what type of grease should I be looking for?

Also found these ball bearings on fee-bay;

Any good do you think?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... K:MEWAX:IT
Cheers

cooldad

I use ordinary (auto) bearing grease from Halfords. Tub lasts years.