Originally Posted by
Darth Lefty
There's always the possibility the individual hub wasn't that great to begin with, or assembled poorly. People have problems like this even with expensive hubs.
I learned recently people are buying Ali Express clones of DT Swiss hubs and replacing the ratchets with genuine parts and quality bearings that didn't come through a bike shop to save a buck or two
So far looks like other hubs have a bit more wiggle room for the pawls.
As far as I know Vitoo hubs are said to be official copies of DT Swiss hubs. Not sure if they sell prespoked wheels with them.