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Quick ride with the kids tonight and I noticed what seemed to be a 'clicking' in the pedal, then could've been the bottom bracket. Or the other pedal? Got back home and put it on the stand to have a closer inspection and noticed some rubbing noise like brake rub but from the cassette at low wheel rpm.
I pushed on the cassette and it was noticeably loose on the hub. Took it off and a piece of the freehub thread came off, and there are two cracks through the freehub body.
This bike is less than 6 months old (2 months with me), and while I can't vouch for previous use, I have done about 500k's on it. I'd have thought a freehub should be good for several thousand km's? What might cause this failure? I haven't removed the cassette on this bike prior to tonight so not sure of the torque it was fitted at. Seemed easy to undo, but the thread had failed as well as the cracking so couldn't hold too tight.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there are any options other than another SLX body that I could get? Would an XT freehub fit? And if it does, is it actually different?
A freehub is about $50-60, whereas a whole rear hub is about $75. I've read up a bit and There seems to be some evidence of early failures of this part. Should I maybe consider another hub?
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I pushed on the cassette and it was noticeably loose on the hub. Took it off and a piece of the freehub thread came off, and there are two cracks through the freehub body.
This bike is less than 6 months old (2 months with me), and while I can't vouch for previous use, I have done about 500k's on it. I'd have thought a freehub should be good for several thousand km's? What might cause this failure? I haven't removed the cassette on this bike prior to tonight so not sure of the torque it was fitted at. Seemed easy to undo, but the thread had failed as well as the cracking so couldn't hold too tight.
Anyway, I'm wondering if there are any options other than another SLX body that I could get? Would an XT freehub fit? And if it does, is it actually different?
A freehub is about $50-60, whereas a whole rear hub is about $75. I've read up a bit and There seems to be some evidence of early failures of this part. Should I maybe consider another hub?
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