Damaged Freehub body

[Alembicbassman]

I took my wheels into my LBS to get the bearings greased. The rear wheel came back with the freehub catching the locknut on the cone.

The wheel was running freely when I took it in.

I raised this with the guy in the shop who took off the cassette and showed me the end of the freehub was bent.

He said it hadn't been pressed in correctly from manufacture.

This is a Shimano 8 speed hub from a 105 groupset.

Are these freehubs easy to damage if you try to grease the cones without remove the cassette?

Could a large screwdriver be used to immobilise the axle on the cassette side whilst removing the cone locknut on the opposite side? This would be one way to explain the bending of one side of the freehub body

The end of the freehub where the cassette locking collar fits into is now bent and fouling the cone locknut.

The guy in the shop seemed to infer that the technician who removed the axle may not have removed the cassette before greasing.

The shop want to charge me £20 for fitting a new hub. I am reluctant to pay this if the damage was caused by the technician.

The wheel was running freely with no binding when I took it in. The binding after the greasing was very obvious. There were no witness marks on the locknut to indicate binding either.

I don't know a great deal about bikes but when a wheel comes back worse than when you took it in makes me think something went wrong somewhere.

 

[Steve Austin]

If you took a wheel into a shop and they ahve broken then its the responsibility to fix it or replace it.
IF when they were fixing it, they noticed it was broke, then its down to you.

Its impossible to grease bearings without removing cones, but the cassette can remain in situ. If the wheel was spinning freely, before you took it in, i would say its been bent in the shop.
freehub, if you believe the shop, would not have spun freely since installation, as (they say) it was fitted badly.

 

[RedBike]

You might have to remove the cassette lockring (Even if you don't it makes things easier).

8spd 105, that must be years old!
Surely you would of noticed if the freehub was all bent when you last changed a cassette.

 

[Alembicbassman]

The bike is a recent used purchase, not knowing the history I decided to get the bearings greased just as part of routine maintenence.

The front was running a little rough, the back felt smooth, but decided to get both done at the same time.

I'll see what transpires, but the hub definitely was not catching before I took the wheel in.

Shimano 1056 8 Speed hubs are about £15 retail. I'd fit the damn thing myself if I had the tools.

 

[yenrod]

I'd argue the toss Alec' - you know the score with the f.hub.

And it wasnt damaged.

Sounds slipshod maintenance buy the shop.

They should replace the f.hub or bent part.

Simple as.

Try the 'i'm not moving from this shop till you get it sorted': i done it near closing time !

Im sure you can sort something.

 

[RedBike]

I'm surprised they handed it back like that without pointing out that it is faulty.

I don't suppose they replaced the bearings or checked races wern't pitted either.