Rear Hub Dust cover won't sit straight on Cone
08-28-21, 11:52 AM
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Rear Hub Dust cover won't sit straight on Cone
While assembling the hub, I could not get the dust cover to sit evenly on the cone. I now hear a rubbing that I think is coming from the dust cover. This in addition to a very noisy freehub body. The hub has been cleaned out and new bearing have been installed. I think that the dust cover may be bent.
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08-28-21, 09:09 PM
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We can only guess at the design of your dust caps... but the common cup and cone hub uses a couple of different versions. Both are sheet metal that has been formed. Ratchet sockets and a piece of 2x4 wood make a good reforming tool if the "doughnut" is bent. Use a needle nose plier to add wedge points to the dust cover's ID if it needs to be stationary on the cone. The same socket can be used to press the dust cover onto the cone in a controlled manor. Andy
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Time to do some metal work.
Just don't post a pic. So much more interesting to guess it all the possibilities.
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08-30-21, 10:15 AM
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Does the freehub only make noise in one direction or both directions?
08-31-21, 07:24 AM
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If your freehub bearing races are completely clean and free of any lube that has any viscosity to it, then maybe I could imagine the freehub bearings rolling around their races as the wheel spins, but that won't be much noise at all. So if you are doing this in the dead quiet of the morning. Then change your location to be near rush hour traffic on the freeway. If you hear it then, then maybe it's a worry.
If you are concerned about the noise when holding the freewheel still and spinning the wheel... well, we are going to have to sit down for a talk with a cup of coffee or bottles of beer. <grin>
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