Damaged DT Freebody thread.

Focus-rider
Focus-rider Posts: 126
edited October 2012 in Workshop
god dam it, knew i would do this. I was swapping out my cassette tonight and when i put the new one on and started to tighten up the lock ring ive managed to damage the freehub thread (its completely fecked). Its a DT swiss hub with an ultegra cassette (cassette is still fine). Is it easy enough to just replace the freehub body? Is there a specific one that i need or will any freehub that says its for DT swiss / Shimano do the job? Dam it dam it dam it.
Please help as i hate taking my stupidity into a shop to be laughed at. :oops:

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    you will need the correct one for the hub.

    what hub?

    as you sure it is not savable?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
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  • Focus-rider
    Focus-rider Posts: 126
    definately not savable, half of the thread is lying on the garage floor
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    A good shop will not laugh at your expense much. I wonder if a campag steel lock ring could cut enough of a thread to hold the cassette? You will need to know the hub model though for a new freehub body. Free hubs for handbuilt wheels are through Madison. Spares for DT factory wheels are through Hotlines.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • jonnym5
    jonnym5 Posts: 76
    I sourced a freehub body + pawls/springs + needle bearing from Pace cycles.

    Madison only list a ceramic freehub body for one hub and Hotlines didn't have any spares apparently.

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