Freehub removal - allen key for mysterious hub?

ar335
ar335 Posts: 5
edited November 2014 in MTB workshop & tech
I have a hub on a downhill bike that I need to take the freehub body off. I can't identify the brand of hub, does anybody know who makes these? Looks like 'DBD' to me but this doesn't throw up any results (besides below link).

http://www.acycles.fr/media/produits/im ... 45x945.jpg

Rim is an Alex FR32. Hub has a standard QR (wheel is off a 2009 Kona Stinky but is not original - I bought the bike second hand). The freehub unscrews by inserting the allen key through the non-drive side of the hub. It's bigger than a 10mm and 11mm as well (which I thought was the required size for QR hubs). Anybody know what size allen key this requires?

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  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    Use a combination of Allen keys to work out the size. A 5mm and a 6mm placed back to back are the same size as an 11mm Allen key.

    Easy to work out the size.
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  • penguin_of_death
    penguin_of_death Posts: 219
    Non driveside ones are often 12mm
  • ar335
    ar335 Posts: 5
    It was a 12mm allen key :D now just to try and get the dam thing off!

    Still mystified about the brand of hub though...

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