Originally Posted by
davidad
Now I ride on shimano freehubs and when they are new and it is time to overhaul the hub I take them apart and install a heavier piano wire pawl spring so I can grease the body with a freehub buddy every 5k miles.
That seems like a lot of work. I have a pair of Shimano WH-R560 wheels (basically 105 level hubs) with 41,000 miles and a rear wheel built with a Dura Ace FH-7700 hub that has 77,000 miles. Both freehubs are in perfect running condition and neither has seen any lube but Tri-Flow.
I've had similar durability with other wheels build with Ultegra and 105 freehubs and only Tri-Flow lubed. The only freehub I've ever had a problem with was a Campy Chorus that I did lube with grease and the pawls stuck in the engaged position and had to be jarred loose for each ride.