Fulcrum hub advice please

Pickled Pig
Pickled Pig Posts: 233
edited September 2013 in Workshop
I recently had by bike serviced which included a "front hub rebuild" on my Fulcrum Racing 5. Looking at this vid on youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RvHCM4_J9k
the outer cover of the hub, the bit with the red F on at 1 min in, is not normally replaced but mine has been - the original had Specialized written on it. Can this be replaced without removing all spokes and rebuilding the wheel? The labour charge seemed too low for this amount of work. I'm wondering if there was some sort of kok up during the service.

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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    It's a clip-on plastic bearing cover - sometimes the retainer clips break and therefore it needs replacing.
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • Pickled Pig
    Pickled Pig Posts: 233
    Monty Dog wrote:
    It's a clip-on plastic bearing cover - sometimes the retainer clips break and therefore it needs replacing.

    Thanks. Am I right in thinking that once the axle and bearings are removed the 2 sides of the wheel can then be pulled slightly apart to fit this cover, without adjusting spoke tension?

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