Help with freehub body replacement.

carl1983
carl1983 Posts: 162
edited June 2016 in Workshop
I have a 10 speed only freehub on my Ritchey ds wcs v5 wheel but wanting to replace it with a 8-9-10 speed type, I removed the freehub and it's the type with pawls on the freehub held on with the wire, the problem is the one i found online which is apparently for this hub shows no pawls but the outer cog type? Will this be a direct replacement for the pawl type or am i looking at the wrong freehub?

Thanks.

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  • carl1983
    carl1983 Posts: 162
    Here's the type i mean in the link.....

    https://www.amazon.co.uk/Ritchey-Road-Freehub-Body-Shimano/dp/B00A6QGRGY/ref=sr_1_1?s=sports&ie=UTF8&qid=1465913752&sr=1-1&keywords=ritchey+wcs+freehub/url]
  • andcp
    andcp Posts: 644
    Why won't your existing freehub take 8/9 speed?
    "It must be true, it's on the internet" - Winston Churchill
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    Andcp wrote:
    Why won't your existing freehub take 8/9 speed?

    For a brief period Shimano did a 10 speed only freehub / cassette with deeper splines to avoid the cassette cogs biting too deeply into the alloy freehub. I'm guessing it's one of those.

    Have a look on Sheldon Brown for his usual detailed explanation:-

    "Cassettes listed below will fit most Shimano and Shimano-compatible Freehub bodies, with the following exceptions:

    Shimano FH-7800 and FH-7801 aluminum 10-speed bodies with tall splines work only with 10-speed sprockets. The Shimano cassettes listed here will fit, but don't try to use a cassette with fewer sprockets. Some other brands of 10 speed cassettes, in particular, SRAM, don't work with the taller splines."
  • andcp
    andcp Posts: 644
    Well b*gg*r me. Thanks keef, knowledge increased!
    "It must be true, it's on the internet" - Winston Churchill

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