lbs having a laugh?

[snorri]

£50 , that's a months pay!

Well it was at one time, but 50 years on seems reasonable recompense for parts and time for the job you describe.

 

[Cubist]

Alternative experience might simply suggest that the pawls were stuck and needed freeing up. Experience also suggests that the only way to be certain is to open it up and confirm it one way or the other...

Not all freehubs are serviceable. I had an old Shimano Deore which occasionally used to freewheel thanks to sticky pawls. You couldn't remove it from the hub body. I junked it in the end, there's only so many times you can squirt GT85 into it before it gives up altogether.

LBS is a business, not a community service.

£50 for an entire wheel is pretty cheap.

If the freehub was knackered, and not repairable, the cost of buying a replacement hub then building it into the old rim with new spokes would be more than that. Shimano Deore hub c£25, 36 cheap spokes and nipples, c £20, labour £20 to £30.

 

[Citius]

Freehubs are not grown organically. If it has been assembled from component parts by a human being, it can also be disassembled.

 

[winjim]

Freehubs are not grown organically. If it has been assembled from component parts by a human being, it can also be disassembled.

That's not necessarily true. For example, I could dissassemble my Sora rear mech, but it would probably require a hacksaw or a lump hammer and I wouldn't be able to reassemble it again. It's not built to be easily take apartable.

 

[Leaway2]

Sounds reasonable to me.

 

[Cubist]

Freehubs are not grown organically. If it has been assembled from component parts by a human being, it can also be disassembled.

True, but whether you could then put it back together again to work properly is a different matter.

 

[uphillstruggler]

I don't think that's too bad if you cant (be bothered to) do it yourself.

 

[Citius]

That's not necessarily true. For example, I could dissassemble my Sora rear mech, but it would probably require a hacksaw or a lump hammer and I wouldn't be able to reassemble it again. It's not built to be easily take apartable.

I don't see why it would require destruction in order to disassemble it. Obviously with the right tools, it can be taken apart, in the same way as it was built. Like I say, they are assembled by humans, not grown from seeds.

 

[Citius]

True, but whether you could then put it back together again to work properly is a different matter.

Obviously, taking something apart without the knowledge to re-assemble it would be a bit daft.

 

[Cubist]

I had a m475 hub. The freehub was knackered. The LBS told me it couldn't be fixed. A bit of research shows Shimano do not supply a replacement. The 525 may fit but is not an A compatible replacement.

 

[winjim]

I don't see why it would require destruction in order to disassemble it. Obviously with the right tools, it can be taken apart, in the same way as it was built. Like I say, they are assembled by humans, not grown from seeds.

It's perfectly possible to build something so that it can't be dissassembled non-destructively. Gluing, riveting, welding, swaging all spring to mind.

 

[DEFENDER01]

I don't see why it would require destruction in order to disassemble it. Obviously with the right tools, it can be taken apart, in the same way as it was built. Like I say, they are assembled by humans, not grown from seeds.

Have you ever tried taken a Dyson hoover apart they must be grown organically.
Actually i can think of many things that are grown organically these days.

 

[fossyant]

Spares aren't that easy to get for the old free hubs. The seals are often a different size.

 

[Cubist]

Have you ever tried taken a Dyson hoover apart they must be grown organically.
Actually i can think of many things that are grown organically these days.

Dysons need specialist tools. My cousin taught his daughter technology at Westonbirt. He has a set of special Dyson tools

 

[andyfraser]

True, but whether you could then put it back together again to work properly is a different matter.

That's how I feel whenever I do any work on my bikes.