Creaky hope Ti Glide freehub

[mikesnowdon]

Had a hope Ti glide for years back in the mid/late 90's and it creaked quite badly when pedalling, even from new. Sometimes it was silent and sometimes it wasn't. Very random.

My new bike has the same rear hub and I'm getting a bit of creaking under load which I think is coming from the freehub. Its a very similar noise to what I had before on my old hub.

Im thinking about removing the cassette and greasing the splines then re-fitting it to see if that cures it. Or, strip down the freehub, remove the bearings then clean and re-assemble with assembly paste or grease on the outer bearing surfaces. Basically make sure the bearing/freehub interface is greased to prevent possible creaks from rubbing.

Any other ideas?

 

[perry]

Another creak , sure it's not your legs

Can't offer a cure on this as I don't think I've had that problem , I will say don't put thick grease in the freehub , you don't want the pawls getting stuck and suddenly having a freewheel in both directions . Either use lube if your willing to regularly strip it down , clean and re lube or ad some lube to grease so it's not so thick .

 

[mikesnowdon]

Another creak , sure it's not your legs

Can't offer a cure on this as I don't think I've had that problem , I will say don't put thick grease in the freehub , you don't want the pawls getting stuck and suddenly having a freewheel in both directions . Either use lube if your willing to regularly strip it down , clean and re lube or ad some lube to grease so it's not so thick .

I should probably clean and re-grease my knees first!

Cheers for the tip. I'd definitely avoid any thick grease getting on the pawls.

 

[Xesh]

I used to grease the pawls of my Hope Ti Glide with Silkolene Pro RG2. It seemed to work OK and you can still get the grease now! Also, as it's a synthetic grease, you can use it in suspension forks.

 

[FluffyChicken]

Check the wobble on the freehub body, if it wobbles a lot then it's bearing change time, they pretty much have no play in them (unlike Shimano's)

What could be happening if it wobbles is the raised spline part near the hub body are scraping against it and cause it to squeak while it wears it down.
New bearing again will fix it.

That might not be the answer but its an easy one to check.

I have just used Rock n roll super slipper something grease, piled in to my pawl area
It's very quiet , quieter than my Shimano XT M770 rear hub and slippery thin nature of this grease (also used in rebuild of forks and whatever you want to use it for) means it never missed a latch

 

[mikesnowdon]

Cheers guys. When I get around to having a play with this I'll try to remember to let you all know how I get on

 

[sancho]

I'm having the same creaking issue with one of my Hope hubs. Did swapping out the bearings do the trick?

 

[Radar]

Advice from Hope is to run a bit of lube into the freehub regularly. You don't need to strip it down, just drip some lube in to the spoke side of the freehub (hard to describe in words but I think you get the idea).

I use Finish Line wet for this job, works a treat.

 

[sancho]

Advice from Hope is to run a bit of lube into the freehub regularly. You don't need to strip it down, just drip some lube in to the spoke side of the freehub (hard to describe in words but I think you get the idea).

I use Finish Line wet for this job, works a treat.

I opened up the hub before reading this response.

The bearings in the freehub body are quite rough and it has some play. I figured now would be a good time to change them, but I can't knock the old ones out. The spacer between the two bearings moves just enough to work a metal rod behind the outermost bearing. I then hit it with a mallet but the bearing won't budge. I put some penetrating oil on them and am hoping that loosens them up a bit.

Does anybody have a trick for getting them out?

 

[greenstiles]

Watch out for a c clip holding a bearing in the free hub body as i recall ( not 100 % sure as it's been a while ).......or bearing won't won't budge......but if getting the spindle out, it can take some serious effort to move, make sure you use a solid floor with old carpet etc, if your banging away on a wooden floor the force tends to go into that instead ! use a piece of wood to dont hit metal on the spindle or it will flare and cause big issues