How To Service / Repair An Old Bicycle Freehub

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  • Опубликовано: 6 фев 2025
  • Is your freehub sticking? Spinning the crankset by itself? Causing a lot of chain slack when back pedalling? You may need to service and clean that freehub! Here's how!
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  • @petemason2888
    @petemason2888 2 года назад +17

    Great video i like the sound of the birds in the background really relaxing, just like gardeners world.

    • @boofuls
      @boofuls 2 года назад +1

      Monty don of the bike world

  • @polarweis
    @polarweis Год назад +13

    The little wobble in the casette on 8:08 can be fixed by removing one of the thinner washers thats inside the hub. This will pull the hub a little tighter and is made so it can be ajusted once the bearings wear out the inside of the cones.

  • @dumpkingbikes405
    @dumpkingbikes405 2 года назад +12

    Hold a 10mm allen key in the vice and hold the wheel to remove the freehub. Lots of torque that way.

  • @zykoncito
    @zykoncito 2 года назад +8

    I use transfer case oil 80w90. I don't have this tool to dissambly the free hub, so i clean the freehub with brake cleaner then I put a little drops of 80w90 oil.

  • @ashpunting
    @ashpunting 2 года назад +11

    another good fix and what I appreciate was the use of the camera setup and angles for the closeup shots you did for the video 👌

  • @Herbybandit
    @Herbybandit 2 года назад +6

    You could make one of those tools from an old socket! You can attach it to a ratchet handle then.
    I think I've said before a semi fluid grease, like Miller Delta 000ep, is just as good as Phil Woods lube and costs a fraction of the price.
    Great idea dis assembling over a large tub, so many times I've dropped a bearing or two that immediately head for the darkest recess of the workshop 😀

    • @rangersmith4652
      @rangersmith4652 2 года назад +1

      Yes, but the real danger there is stepping on one and slipping. If you're opening a freehub, or any bearing with free balls, you ought to just replace all the balls anyway. They're very inexpensive. Just measure one and order the same size, about 1/3 more than you counted when you took them out to account for two things: the ones you lost (or weren't there in the first place) and never counted, and the ones you drop and can't find when you're putting the new ones in.

  • @vicsimmonds
    @vicsimmonds 2 года назад

    Nice tweezing. Thanks for the upload. Lovely birdsong soundtrack

  • @getsomemtb7427
    @getsomemtb7427 Месяц назад +2

    2:25 Special tool time. Okay...that's where I need help. Name of the tool...size if optional? Otherwise, how can I remove the ring? Mine just glued up for some reason today.

  • @ronalmeida2536
    @ronalmeida2536 2 года назад +2

    Another great video. You are going to help a lot of (bike) people with this one!

  • @redwallace7934
    @redwallace7934 2 года назад +1

    The freehub sounds perfect !!

  • @songkialimeric
    @songkialimeric Месяц назад +1

    A very useful video 👍🙏

  • @markusilomaki8922
    @markusilomaki8922 2 года назад +7

    My quick fix for this kind of a hub is not to disassemble it but to run wd40 from the top while spinning it to drain out the gunk first. Once working well then run high grade fully synthetic motor oil into the hub while spinning it. With the use of fully synthetic high grade motor oil I have got the hubs to work and engage in -30 C temperatures in the winter, but of course you will not have this issue in the UK 😀

    • @donttouchthisatall
      @donttouchthisatall Год назад

      Thanks, I was wondering how i should go about this withot remove the freehub body (since i have an older style UG where the hub is apparently pressed on and doesnt come off, i presume) - I will try that. What type of "fully synthetic high grade motor oil" did you use?

    • @markusilomaki8922
      @markusilomaki8922 Год назад

      @@donttouchthisatall any fully synthetic about 5w-30 should be just fine.

    • @donttouchthisatall
      @donttouchthisatall Год назад

      @@markusilomaki8922 thank you very much for your reply. Unfortunately, 5w-30 doesnt mean a lot to me since i don't know about those things. Any brand you can reccomend, or should i just go to my local hardware store and tell them i need a "5w-30" type oil? I have honestly no experience with these things.

    • @denverspin
      @denverspin Год назад

      5-30 is the viscosity or weight of the oil. Typically, it is the oil most use in car engines. One of the most common oils out there.

    • @FixTechStuff
      @FixTechStuff Год назад +1

      Thanks for the tip, as I don’t have the tool I might just try this.

  • @31.8mm
    @31.8mm 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for sharing. i miss my job as a bike mech :) hope i can work again soon

    • @denverspin
      @denverspin Год назад

      Best of luck.
      We need more mechanics.

  • @meadows408
    @meadows408 2 года назад +1

    Very timely, thanks.

  • @omer_an
    @omer_an 2 месяца назад +4

    That hair might tell you that your freehub is engaged with another hubby.

  • @benjleath9406
    @benjleath9406 Год назад

    Finish Line Wet Lube is excellent for freehubs pawls and Motorex 2000 is best for the bearings 👍💚

    • @MonkeyShred
      @MonkeyShred  Год назад +1

      Never heard of that grease before. I’ll have to get a bit to sample.

    • @exscape
      @exscape 6 месяцев назад +1

      @benjleath9406 Did you use Motorex 2000 on the ball bearings inside? If so, on both sets of bearings? Intuitively it sounds like it would be way too thick, but I have little to no experience with grease, really. Those two products happen to be ones I have at home, so it'd be perfect.

  • @liamg9846
    @liamg9846 Год назад

    Struggling to get into mine off a Cannondale topstone. Taken axle out but then there's still a tube like thing it runs through and no idea how to get it off ,🤷🏻‍♂️

  • @raylaux8295
    @raylaux8295 2 года назад +1

    The dry lube will dry to a waxy solid. Oil is what is required.

  • @seankennedy3485
    @seankennedy3485 Год назад

    Great video 👍

  • @rangersmith4652
    @rangersmith4652 2 года назад +2

    The pawls require a light mineral-based lube that will remain liquid. The bearings can get by with a light marine grease or a heavy oil. Has to be viscous enough to hold them in place while you assemble. RJ the Bike guy does this then flushes the grease out of the finished freehub and re-lubes with oil.

  • @dieterbaecher2975
    @dieterbaecher2975 3 месяца назад

    Thanks, there are not much videos on this topic, I mean going into the freehub. I did not understand the name of this special tool to get into the freehub. Any chance to do without this tool?

    • @MonkeyShred
      @MonkeyShred  3 месяца назад

      There's always a chance you could undo the lockring with something home made or even a punch and hammer (don't do that you'll damage the cups!) so it's best to find the freehub service tool

  • @themarinman8339
    @themarinman8339 2 года назад +1

    MH the bike guy 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼

    • @ToddNZMTB
      @ToddNZMTB 2 года назад +1

      Reference within a reference nice one!

  • @cccpkingu
    @cccpkingu 2 года назад +1

    That looks to be a margarine tub. Only butter is butter :)

  • @duringthemeanwhilst
    @duringthemeanwhilst 2 года назад +3

    3:35 - spend a week with my wife - there will be hair everywhere!!

  • @ToddNZMTB
    @ToddNZMTB 2 года назад

    The art of MonkeyShredding! How do you get that dust cap to stay in place? Mine are quite loose

  • @Sekhmet6697
    @Sekhmet6697 2 года назад +1

    Thanks for the video!
    Ever had to disassemble a freehub that's not laced to a wheel? I'm curious if you've found a solution for that - other than lacing it to an old rim (which by the way, only about 6 spokes in a radial pattern seems to be enough to hold the hub)

    • @jacksteel6817
      @jacksteel6817 2 года назад

      I was just thinking about the same thing. I have a hub that I want to remove the freehub from, but because it's not laced to a wheel it's hard to get another leverage to remove it. Any thoughts?

    • @Sekhmet6697
      @Sekhmet6697 2 года назад

      @@jacksteel6817 Just a tip from experience, don’t try to hold the spokes in a vice, it won’t work, you’ll just destroy the spokes 😂

    • @RobertG762378
      @RobertG762378 2 года назад

      This might help ruclips.net/video/_wsc-QnGSXQ/видео.html

  • @mikebudka7489
    @mikebudka7489 Год назад

    Nicely done

  • @MrJayprojects
    @MrJayprojects 2 года назад +1

    Thanks a lot🤟🔥😎

  • @pete2347
    @pete2347 2 года назад

    Excellent video! Thanks for sharing that. Any idea the name or model # of the special tool you used to disassemble the free hub?

    • @MonkeyShred
      @MonkeyShred  2 года назад +2

      I've been trying to find it but I'm striking out at the moment! Although... something like this on Amazon looks like the same thing: www.amazon.co.uk/CYBTM-Disassembly-Installation-Flywheel-Cassette/dp/B08S386GVX/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?keywords=freehub+removal+tool&qid=1668937770&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&psc=1

    • @pete2347
      @pete2347 2 года назад +1

      @@MonkeyShred That looks like the correct tool for the job. Thanks for that!

  • @LetsDiscoverMauritius
    @LetsDiscoverMauritius 2 года назад +2

    What is that tool called which you used to remove and install the bearing cub inside the freehub body?

    • @jazzper_nl
      @jazzper_nl Год назад

      this is the hardest part in hub overhaul. Not having it. I used a piece of metal schrapnel and a pair of plyers.

    • @wartdawg4656
      @wartdawg4656 Год назад

      W/O the proper tool.... A punch and a hammer.... it's reverse threads.

  • @vahidnejati6445
    @vahidnejati6445 Год назад +1

    Dude I saw more your gloves 🧤 instead of the pieces :))

  • @romnickpalana4585
    @romnickpalana4585 2 года назад

    We have the same rear hub for my road bike.. My problem is the cup for the bearings of it is damage and i dont know how to remove it..

  • @joshuabuilds3051
    @joshuabuilds3051 2 года назад +3

    I immediately felt ashamed when you said "but the comments will tell me if ive used the wrong lube" haha we're just trying to help. Anyone who tests lubes just doesn't like "dry" lubes because those lubed use a carrier that eventually dissolves and leaves behind the lubricant. It is always outperformed by a lubricant that is 100% lubricant and not 60% solvent/carrier. So the tenacious oil would be fine all over the thing. I rebuild freewheels and use red n tacky without noticeable issue.

  • @pulex73
    @pulex73 2 года назад

    hey, can somebody post a link to the right tool. i am struggling to get the right one.

    • @rangersmith4652
      @rangersmith4652 2 года назад +1

      The correct tool for opening the freehub varies by the brand and era of the freehub. Watch the Park Tool videos on ID-ing your freehub, then buy a tool accordingly.

  • @cycle_doc
    @cycle_doc 2 месяца назад

    Sir please share frewhub tool link

    • @MonkeyShred
      @MonkeyShred  2 месяца назад

      It’s really easy to Google ‘Shimano Freehub Tool’
      This is the first product that comes up 🤷‍♂️
      www.amazon.co.uk/CYBTM-Disassembly-Installation-Flywheel-Cassette/dp/B08S386GVX/

  • @severs1966
    @severs1966 2 года назад +4

    What is the special tool? Where do I get one? Can I do the usual fudge and just tap the race round with an old screwdriver and a small hammer, like you do with old fashioned bottom bracket lockrings if you don't have that tool?

    • @valentindelaunay7690
      @valentindelaunay7690 2 года назад +3

      A friend of me grinded down a 22mm (or was it 24 ?) socket. You just need to keep two notches to match

    • @213tpg
      @213tpg Год назад +3

      I just used needle nose pliers spread open into the two notches and turn clockwise not anti clockwise

  • @KKoji
    @KKoji Год назад

    the main part, the heart of the bike, the freewheel hammers have not received grease

    • @KKoji
      @KKoji Год назад

      I wonder how stores close and bikes break so much these days?
      a bunch of amateur people filming their sxxt.

    • @MonkeyShred
      @MonkeyShred  Год назад

      What you on about?

    • @KKoji
      @KKoji Год назад

      @@MonkeyShred buy cheap grease and use on all moving parts

  • @chrisosborne6957
    @chrisosborne6957 2 года назад

    Where did you get the tool?

    • @myvicariouslife4012
      @myvicariouslife4012 2 года назад +1

      eBay...got mine for $5 to $10 but it took a month to come from china.

    • @KarlosEPM
      @KarlosEPM 2 года назад

      @@myvicariouslife4012 How is it called?

    • @KarlosEPM
      @KarlosEPM 2 года назад +1

      @@darthtrolleus1947 Bro thanks for replying so fast. You know... I googled it with the name you suggested and found one from Walmart! Problem is I'm in Belgium, but now I have hopes of finding one, I'm sure the Dutch sell them (for cheap too). Happy cycling 😎

    • @myvicariouslife4012
      @myvicariouslife4012 2 года назад +1

      @@KarlosEPM Freehub dissasembly tool on Ebay.

  • @ariboni73
    @ariboni73 8 месяцев назад

    nice

  • @WingmanLive
    @WingmanLive Год назад

    Tell you what those deore xt hubs sound amazing, i heard one in one of your vids it sounded like fucking dreams mate! Don't know what you done to it. It just sounded right!

    • @MonkeyShred
      @MonkeyShred  Год назад +1

      Which XT hubs were they? I have a few bikes with XT on now 😅

    • @WingmanLive
      @WingmanLive Год назад +1

      @@MonkeyShred Yeah you do! The propper old skool ones aswell! Them XT hubs though they are rare! , just a rear XT hub is like hens teeth these days!
      We are looking at £50--£150 per component if your lookin for XT these days getting silly.

  • @bicycleworkshop1779
    @bicycleworkshop1779 2 года назад +1

    please tell me where you live. Might be able to meet. I am one of your subscribers. I left Ukraine, I will soon come to England.

  • @PAUL-uz9lq
    @PAUL-uz9lq 2 года назад +1

    Dustcap is not easy to get out.

  • @Ricobass0
    @Ricobass0 2 года назад +1

    I'd be interested to know how you came to the decision to use a wax-water emulsion lube (muc-off dry) for the pawls and outer freehub balls. Is there not a risk that when the water evaporates the solidification of the remaining wax will result in pawls sticking again?

    • @AndyL6972
      @AndyL6972 2 года назад +1

      I was thinking the same thing and thought if anything muck off wet lube would have been better for the pawls rather than the dry wax lube. Then a lithium grease for the ball bearing race's

    • @thebigchinbc
      @thebigchinbc Год назад +1

      My understanding is that Mucoff Dry is still a petroleum distillate. It's just a bit less tenacious and sticky that the wet version. It's not a wax emulsion lube like Squirt.

  • @a.sarmiento5116
    @a.sarmiento5116 2 года назад

    Liked the video but the camera angle ia wrong missing out some details.

  • @mostcomplicatedman8115
    @mostcomplicatedman8115 2 года назад +2

    i have nothing but old bikes

  • @AlastairPaul
    @AlastairPaul Год назад

    "Special tool time"...that will preclude a lot of viewers from putting into practice what you preach. Although an earlier comment did suggest converting a socket into the "special tool" and I'm sure you can purchase a suitable tool online.

    • @MonkeyShred
      @MonkeyShred  Год назад

      I don't really preach anything - I just fix bikes and sometimes you need a special tool.

    • @fernglez60
      @fernglez60 Год назад

      Do u have a part number and manufacturer name for the special tool. No point in re inventing the wheel.

  • @stewartjohnston3975
    @stewartjohnston3975 11 месяцев назад

    Good video, unfortunately your camera shots are horrible and it is hard to see what you are doing.

  • @rahanabandu8154
    @rahanabandu8154 2 года назад

    No start no order

  • @delcambekevin
    @delcambekevin 2 года назад +1

    There is allways hair, allways...