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Old January 9th 06, 12:57 AM posted to rec.bicycles.tech
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Default Early Shimano freehub body curiosity


"Nate Knutson" wrote in message
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Does this work just like that without having to do anything else? Any
other info?

Pull the old freehub off. If it is on tight, you may have to be creative to
make this happen, but do not use a anything to try and wedge it off. I used
a thread-on freewheel body, some washers, a threaded hub axle and a bunch of
axle spacers and spare cones to jerry-rig a tool to pull mine off. Pull
being the operative word.

Once you have the old freehub off, notice the male aluminum protrusion that
will fit on the new freehub. Then look at the holes in the old and new
freehubs. Notice that your new freehub may have a slight lip where the old
one does not. To get around this, you may have to sand off about .1 to .2
mm of aluminum on the hub protrusion. Once there is a tight (but possible)
fit between the two, time to get out some green Loctite, a hammer and a
hockey puck to do a little press-fitting. Once things are connected, time
to put the hub guts back in.





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