Someone take my tools away....

[martint235]

Broke my bike again. Rear hub was feeling a bit rough before the FNRttC so when I got back I thought I know I'll take it apart. I've done the front hub before with no problems.

I managed to get all the non-drive side stuff off and I cleaned it out and re-greased it. I'd already taken the cassette off to clean that so I tried to get the drive side stuff off. Unfortunately I managed this, life would have been so much easier if I hadn't!

Anyway I couldn't figure out how to get the tension (probably the wrong word) between the two cones right as the drive side one is inside the freewheel when I'm trying to tighten. Still felt rough when I had it vaguely right. However guess who hadn't been paying attention when taking bits off and out, yup that's me. Wheel now with LBS in the hope he can sort out the mess I made. All I could say with certainty was that all the bits were back on the axle but not necessarily on the right side.

If he can't get it back to me tomorrow morning, I'll have to commute on the MTB!!

 

[swee'pea99]

We've all been there. FWIW, I always use an egg box. I use a marker to put an L on one end and an R on t'other, then when I take a nut or whatever off the left end, I put it outward-side down into an egg compartment in the L end. The next bit goes on top of it - again outward side down - and so on, till I end up with an egg box with a little tower of bits at each end: in the right order, and the right way round. Then when I put it back together I just keep taking the top off the towers till there's no more left.

 

[phil_hg_uk]

What so you do when you trip over the egg box and scatter all the parts

 

[martint235]

What so you do when you trip over the egg box and scatter all the parts

It was sounding like a fantastic plan until that point.....

 

[phil_hg_uk]

It was sounding like a fantastic plan until that point.....

Sorry it is just what would happen if I did it

 

[I like Skol]

Easy! There is no need to touch the cones/nuts on the drive side of the axle, just leave them where they are and maybe make sure they are jammed tight against each other while the axle is out. You then only need to set the otherside to get the axle centred back where it was with the bearings running smoothly.

 

[fossyant]

Like skol - never touch the drive side !

 

[alecstilleyedye]

+1 to both the above. getting the right balance between too stiff and too much play comes after much fiddling and trial and error…

 

[cyberknight]

Am i the only one who lays bits out in the order i take them off in a place i am not liable to stumble or drop other stuff onto .............

 

[phil_hg_uk]

Am i the only one who lays bits out in the order i take them off in a place i am not liable to stumble or drop other stuff onto .............

Yes.................. probably

 

[Moodyman]

Work on one side at a time.

 

[ianrauk]

You big effin' oaf....

 

[Mista Preston]

Can I have your tools please

 

[martint235]

Can I have your tools please

You'd probably do more damage than me!!!!