At one point I made the mistake of pressure washing my front wheel/ bike at a car wash. Water got into the front hub and fouled the grease. Shortly there after the hub started making noise which was also a little hard for me to pinpoint. All that was needed was a cleaning and repacking/greasing of the bearings. This hub was not of the sealed, cartridge bearing type. I don't know what Phil hubs are but could water have penetrated your hub? That was a cheap Fuji hub that went on to last 9000+ miles.
On Feb 23, 11:31 am, james <meine...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have some phil wood hubs on my sam hillborne and a while back the > front one got real noisy making some clinking and clanking. I thought > at first if i trued the wheel ever so slightly that would help, but > no, and i thought i would remove breaks and fenders just to make sure, > but the clinking and clanking went on. then it went away for a little > while, so i din't worry about it. then it came back. currently > (today and yesterday) its gone again... but i'm wondering, should i > buy some phil wood bearings and replace them? is this very > difficult? i looked through the walkthrough pdf they have on their > site and it looks easy. can it be done with the hub still laced up? > > any info appreciated! > > james -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
