Apparently: Any XT rear hub prior to the FH-M770 has 10x1.0 steel axle and 18x1/4" balls. It seems the newer XT rear hubs have an aluminum axle and smaller balls, and have had issues seizing up--I don't know if that has been resolved.
My wheels are all older XT or WI hubs. Cliffhanger or quill would be what I would use now. I previously used A23/synergy. Good luck! Toshi On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 12:48 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Also: I don't think that my (purchased 2019) XT hub has the aluminum axle. > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 1:47 PM Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> All: Has Clayton's experience been a common one? I ask because I recently >> had the rear wheel for the Matthews rebuilt with an XT hub, which I assume >> is the current model; I have no idea what the current model's designation >> is, and when it was introduced. >> >> No hint of problems so far, but then I've not put many miles on it yet -- >> a few hundred. An entirely cursory Google-verb-transitive search found >> several problem conversations from 10 or more years ago, and only 1, from >> 2016, about the seizure problem. >> >> https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=108592 >> >> Clayton: Were yours 2016 models? >> >> All: Is the current model the same one? >> >> Patrick Moore, desperately hoping Clayton's hub was a total outlier, in >> ABQ, NM. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 12:42 PM Clayton.sf <clayton...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> ... >>> >>> I recommend not using Shimano hubs in the rear; especially not the >>> current XT version. I have had two of their recent XT freehubs seize up >>> turning the bike into a fixed wheel. >>> >> > > -- > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > Patrick Moore > Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtUtfzWgC1wNBSNdBctSvfnH9fU4s9tAGgYnwDKEmGJbQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgtUtfzWgC1wNBSNdBctSvfnH9fU4s9tAGgYnwDKEmGJbQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CAGB59xyYYnpxJN9zU_MN7tOp6HFiP4GSSVGESBKNk4GOrgkJPQ%40mail.gmail.com.
