w00hoo_kent
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- Location
- Maidstone or Greenwich
The front wheel on the Sirrus (originally from the Synapse, Maddox 3.0 which apparently has a Formula DC20 hub and was new in March this year) has started making a noise like a tombola full of nuts (or a washing machine with pebbles in it, or a rotating thing with some metal things bouncing about in it).
I know nothing about them at all and have never fiddled with the hubs. Currently the wheel doesn't seem to be doing anything wrong aside from making a constant and hideous noise (you can hear it if you spin the front wheel with no load, it is constant if you are riding under load) which aside from being embarrassing is, I presume going to do something worse than make noise at some point.
I took the dust caps off and smeared some grease under them, plus greased the axle last night. Naturally this did sweet FA, but I'm using it as an example of how little I know. I saw that there were flats under the dust covers which suggested something could be unscrewed, but didn't do it in case lots of bits of metal fell out everywhere (plus it was late already.)
I presume there's a youtube video somewhere showing someone stripping apart exactly the hub I own, but for those that have done this before, is there anything serviceable in there? How difficult is it to do? How much damage can I do by 'just giving it a go'? How long before something catastrophic happens and what is that likely to be?
It sounds like something has come loose inside the hub and is rattling around, the inside of the hub must be bumpy as anything, because it never settles and gets quiet.
My intention is to get some custom wheels built for the Sirrus at some point anyway, but I was hoping to hold it off until there was a '15' in the year if possible.
All advice gratefully accepted.
I know nothing about them at all and have never fiddled with the hubs. Currently the wheel doesn't seem to be doing anything wrong aside from making a constant and hideous noise (you can hear it if you spin the front wheel with no load, it is constant if you are riding under load) which aside from being embarrassing is, I presume going to do something worse than make noise at some point.
I took the dust caps off and smeared some grease under them, plus greased the axle last night. Naturally this did sweet FA, but I'm using it as an example of how little I know. I saw that there were flats under the dust covers which suggested something could be unscrewed, but didn't do it in case lots of bits of metal fell out everywhere (plus it was late already.)
I presume there's a youtube video somewhere showing someone stripping apart exactly the hub I own, but for those that have done this before, is there anything serviceable in there? How difficult is it to do? How much damage can I do by 'just giving it a go'? How long before something catastrophic happens and what is that likely to be?
It sounds like something has come loose inside the hub and is rattling around, the inside of the hub must be bumpy as anything, because it never settles and gets quiet.
My intention is to get some custom wheels built for the Sirrus at some point anyway, but I was hoping to hold it off until there was a '15' in the year if possible.
All advice gratefully accepted.
