Originally Posted by
cudak888
Looking forward to hearing how it goes. I'm a bit hesitant to stick my nose in some of the newer hubs, especially the Sturmey 8-speeds. That many gears in a hub has to result in some form of miniaturization to make reassembly a living nightmare
Curious to see how the new 5-speeds compare with the old FW-based two-chain design.
-Kurt
I have taken apart a newer Shimano Nexus 8-speed before and it ran for a couple of years before falling apart around the 40,000+ km mark.
These XL-RD5(w) hubs have been superseded by the
RXL-RD5 model back in 2010-2015. They do however share a large number of parts with the classic AW hubs so they are easy to maintain. Apparently
slippage is common in 4-th gear but that is down to some of the shifter models. Users seem to be
happy with these hubs.
https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=128417