Freehub Spline wear

marcusww
marcusww Posts: 202
edited June 2013 in Road beginners
Have done 1500 miles on DT Swiss Wheels and there are notches in the freehub splines to such a degree that I have to file them to get the cassette back on. My guess is that the 5 / 6 middle cogs are causing the notches rather than the highest or lowest cogs - I assume this is due to the middle ones being used more.

Are these notches common on freehubs and do they actually cause problems with shifting or anything else - the cassette in Ultegra?

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  • smidsy
    smidsy Posts: 5,273
    A very common issue with Alloy freehubs.

    Some (e.g American Classic) incorporate reinforcement to try to combat this.
    Yellow is the new Black.

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