Q: Freehub body swop

[andre_ct]

Hi,

Quick (maybe dumb) question....

 

I have a 9 speed hub & cluster from a busted up wheel.

I have another wheel which is an 8 speed.

 

So from what I know, 8 & 9 speed are not compatible....so my question is, can I have the freehub body from the 9 speed transferred to the 8 speed wheel along with the 9 speed cluster?

 

Thx

[louis0852]

I can't help you but Mr Bornman can. He is the guy from yellowsaddle. PM him

[javadude]

If its Shimano, 8, 9, and 10 speed are compatable, except for some 10 speed Dura Ace hubs that are only 10 speed.

 

Campagnolo are 9 , 10 and 11 compatable.

 

I have a really old set of Shimano 600 8 speed hubs from the early 90's that can take a modern 10 speed cassette just perfectly.

 

[andre_ct]

well it's an old dura-ace hub....

velo, so from wot u say, i can just transfer the cluster onto the 8 speed hub? schweet!

 

time to get my backup bike on the road again

[Johan Bornman]

You can even upgrade an old 7-speed Shimano hub to 10-speed by changing the freehub body and axle (It needs a longer axle). You need a wheelbuilder to do that conversion for you since the wheel then has to be re-dished.

 

Campag is different in that the 8-speed hubs have different splines to the 9-speed and upwards hubs. Campag bit the bullet and went aluminium, deep-spline in 1993 or or, where Shimano now sits with the dilemma of having to change to a deep spline (in order to have lighter, aluminium freehub bodies) now, 15 years later. The result is some incompatibilities, always a bad thing for bicycle owners like you and I.

 

 

[andre_ct]

thx for that lesson in history JB

 

taking my wheel to my LBS later.....