Thread: What’s the deal with the really loud wheels when coasting?
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Old 04-25-21, 08:54 AM
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Originally Posted by jaxgtr
Stupid long video, but go to the 30:30 mark, the dude took the hub body off, cleaned it really well and then added more grease on the outer part of the ratchet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb_k1gYVA-Q
Same thing with the old 240s but after a couple of hundred miles they got louder too - done it many times. This won’t last any longer than when the grease moves around inside the hub.

I think the new design is inherently noisier than the old one is what it comes down to. Probably has something to do with one of the ratchets being part of the free hub body so the noise has a more direct path outside of the hub or something.
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