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Jeff Wills well you may be right. I had the cassette of the free hub and gave it a good scrubbing last night, then let it air dry and put it back on the freehub today. Only I put the cassette back on the freehub WITHOUT any grease. I was uncertain if I should put grease on the freehub or not. I did a lot of googling around and it seemed like the verdict was 50/50 on whether to grease or not to grease. The only grease I put on the freehub was a little bit on the lock ring.
And the cassette was noisier than ever...Frustrating as all get out.
Thanks for the suggestion to put a layer of grease on the freehub and aluminum carriers though. I hadn't thought of that.
The bit about the noise on the carriers. Is this an issue with the carrier that I need to worry about? Thank you.