Dicky DQ Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 What could have caused this damage to my free body? too much power ;-) or what. Oh yes the bearings were replaced 15 km before.
Capricorn Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 my 2c: a material defect in the freehub body that fractured. Hub might be a casting that was machined down, instead of being forged. That thing looks like it went for a spin in a grinder. what's with all the notches/dents on it?
Sepia Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 Novatec? Droo, you have me worried with this Novatec thing. In your line of work, do you see this happening that often? What would be the alternative for this price range? I thought Novatec was not the best but better than most. I could be mistaken.
raptor-22 Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 NOvatec is generally pretty good. Could be a bad run or they change suppliers. Seems the freehub body material is too soft
BenReaper Posted January 13, 2016 Posted January 13, 2016 my 2c: a material defect in the freehub body that fractured. Hub might be a casting that was machined down, instead of being forged. That thing looks like it went for a spin in a grinder. what's with all the notches/dents on it?ThisNOvatec is generally pretty good. Could be a bad run or they change suppliers. Seems the freehub body material is too softAnd this
droo Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Droo, you have me worried with this Novatec thing. In your line of work, do you see this happening that often?What would be the alternative for this price range?I thought Novatec was not the best but better than most.I could be mistaken. Their older freebodies had too little material in the area of the fracture in the photo, and breakages are quite common. You can get a steel freebody which solves the issue though. They're decent hubs but have had a few reliability issues with certain models.
Cruz Addict Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Droo, you have me worried with this Novatec thing. In your line of work, do you see this happening that often?What would be the alternative for this price range?I thought Novatec was not the best but better than most.I could be mistaken..go hope.sell a kidney if you need to to make up the difference. Â
Long Wheel Base Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Their older freebodies had too little material in the area of the fracture in the photo, and breakages are quite common. You can get a steel freebody which solves the issue though. They're decent hubs but have had a few reliability issues with certain models.Sorry OP for off topicwhich models droo?
Eddy Gordo Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 I have a novatec and hop hubs. They are chalk and cheese. Â The novatec has an ugly rattle. The hopes are pretty new still but it is really a huge difference between them.
Meezo Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 can't believe we comparing hopes and novatecs... Novatec has really come a long way then! and for less than half the price, think i'm selling my hopes for some!
raptor-22 Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Hopes are good but nothing special. they come in nice colours and they work but the bearings don't last any longer than a Novatec's
Donovan Le Cok Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 If you had just had the bearings replaced, perhaps the driver was not installed into the hub correctly? Product failure half and hour after working on it, is less likely. More probably some sort of error in installation.
Matchstix Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Hope bearings don't last longer??? I have hope hubs with still th original bearings in more than 5 years do the line?
Martin PJ Posted January 14, 2016 Posted January 14, 2016 Looks like somebody hammered something in when it wasn't supposed to be hammered.
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