Sprockets eating into freehub body

[accountantpete]

Roger that! Luckily this is just a spare wheel that needs rebuilding anyway. How easy is it to swap a freehub and can I use a freehub body from a different wheelset? Eg. From the Fulcrum R7, I have just dismantled? The one in the pic is an Easton EA50.

No - they usually have a different way of connecting to the hub/pawls so you will need an Easton replacement and you should make sure it will fit the EA50 as some makers change their designs over the range.

 

[ianrauk]

^^ you had better keep it for spares for yourself then Ant...

 

[MacB]

You really don't need to take the weight penalty and use the steel freehub, the cassettes with alloy spiders are perfect.

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that was only the more expensive cassettes and if you want cheap and cheerful then it's likely to be steel, therefore a steel freehub makes sense.

 

[zigzag]

making freehub body out of alloy is not the best idea. it's a high stress area and for alloy freehub to be adequate, all cassette cogs would need to be mounted on a single smooth carrier (do such cassettes exist?).

 

[GilesM]

Correct me if I'm wrong but I thought that was only the more expensive cassettes and if you want cheap and cheerful then it's likely to be steel, therefore a steel freehub makes sense.

You're right, however, keep your eyes on some of the big web bike shops, they like to sell some of the good cassettes at silly prices every now and then.

 

[Sittingduck]

Hey, my cassette is a genu-wiiine 105 one
Although I confess to picking it up for something of a bargain price. I agree with the comments above then - that manufacturing a freehub body out of alloy probably isn't the best idea in the world. Shame on you, Easton!!