notched freehub?

scattered pedals
scattered pedals Posts: 69
edited August 2011 in The workshop
Hi, was replacing my rear cogs & noticed that in the centre especially they have cut into the splines slightly, creating notches. What problems will this cause & do I have to get a new freehub? I have been noticing a sort of clank-ping (hard to describe!) noise and feel something shift slightly when accelerating & climbing - is this due to the notching do you think? New chain, chainrings & cassette so prob is not with them?

Cheers!

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  • fuzzypicture
    fuzzypicture Posts: 1
    try this site,

    http://sheldonbrown.com/k7.html
    Near the bottom there is a section on non-shimano hubs which has pic similar to your description, may help explain how it happened and you can apparently clean off the burrs and continue re-using.

    HTH

    Joe
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    It is common with aluminium freehub bodies.
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  • kencandig
    kencandig Posts: 17
    i have had the same thing recently - my friendly local shop rebuilt my hub and reinstalled the sprockets forgetting to put the 1mm spacer in between the hub and the big sprocket.... a couple of commutes later i realised what the sound was, tried to nip up the locknut and bought a replacement spacer and fitted it when they wouldnt nip up tight.

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