Miche Primato hub servicing

arlowood

Bought a set of Archetype/Miche Primato handbuilts from Malcolm last year. Great wheels BTW - smooth running and very comfy when shod with my favourite 28mm Michelin Pro4 Endurance.

Have been ridden in all weathers and more particularly over the last couple of cold/wet/crappy months.

On the last couple of rides I've started to notice a tinkling noise coming from the rear wheel. Initially thought it was spoke related but a quick ad hoc "tuning fork" test suggests that the spoke tensions are pretty uniform on the DS and NDS,

Some googling points to the likelihood of the noise being bearing related so I'm planning to do a bearing service in the near future. Not a great deal of "how-to" advice out there so hoping that the BR community can help.

Anyone out there done a bearing swap on a rear Primato hub? Care to share experience with some guidance on step-wise process and likely pitfalls.

Malcolm sells replacement bearing sets so these will be ordered today.

mercia_man

I got a tinkling noise from rear wheel of my White Industries/Archetype wheels from Malcolm. I put a little bit of GT85 to lubricate the junction of the rim with each nipple. Cured the noise instantly.

arlowood

Mercia Man wrote:

I got a tinkling noise from rear wheel of my White Industries/Archetype wheels from Malcolm. I put a little bit of GT85 to lubricate the junction of the rim with each nipple. Cured the noise instantly.

Will try a bit of Teflon spray on the spoke nipples and see what happens. Tks for the tip

keezx

Changing bearings is simple and straightforward.....done it lately in 10 minutes....
1-Take off the end caps (loosen little hex screw) with 2x 5 mm hex.
2-Pull off the freehub body by hand
3-push out or pull out the axle by hand
4-Nock out the bearing from oppostie side with punch or screwdriver
5-Nock in the new ones with socket on outer ring.
6-put on all parts again.

wishitwasallflat

Keezx wrote:

Changing bearings is simple and straightforward.....done it lately in 10 minutes....
1-Take off the end caps (loosen little hex screw) with 2x 5 mm hex.
2-Pull off the freehub body by hand
3-push out or pull out the axle by hand
4-Nock out the bearing from oppostie side with punch or screwdriver
5-Nock in the new ones with socket on outer ring.
6-put on all parts again.

Yup did mine (same wheels as you op) as described - dead easy if you take it step by step. Only thing is watch out when the freehub is off cause (IME) the retaining ring that holds the pawls in place doesnt take much to come off if your cleaning! Once i realised that it did its great cause its a dawdle to remove clean and refit (I like silent freewheeling so its good to regrease the pawls) but first time I nearly lost the pawls!

arlowood

wishitwasallflat wrote:

Keezx wrote:

Changing bearings is simple and straightforward.....done it lately in 10 minutes....
1-Take off the end caps (loosen little hex screw) with 2x 5 mm hex.
2-Pull off the freehub body by hand
3-push out or pull out the axle by hand
4-Nock out the bearing from oppostie side with punch or screwdriver
5-Nock in the new ones with socket on outer ring.
6-put on all parts again.

Yup did mine (same wheels as you op) as described - dead easy if you take it step by step. Only thing is watch out when the freehub is off cause (IME) the retaining ring that holds the pawls in place doesnt take much to come off if your cleaning! Once i realised that it did its great cause its a dawdle to remove clean and refit (I like silent freewheeling so its good to regrease the pawls) but first time I nearly lost the pawls!

Tks both for the heads up. Have done a bearing replacement on a Novatec 482SB in the past and that was relatively straighforward since you could use the axle to knock out the old bearings using the inboard flange.

I gather the Miche ones are a bit trickier since there's not much manoeuvering room to get a "knocking out" tool in place.

I'll have a go once I've got the new bearings to hand.