2006 Campag Veloce Hub Adjustment

[John Miller]

My rear wheel which is just a year old has a bit of play which would
normally result from badly-adjusted cones, except that this hub has
cartridge bearings and doesn't appear to offer any adjustment. Anybody got
any experience of these hubs (Mirage looks to be the same) and whether
anything can be done to take up the slack. Or will the slight play not be a
problem? This is my winter bike, so it's possible that the bearings are worn
but it seems a bit soon for that. I haven't tried to disassemble it yet 'cos
putting the freehub back together is a pain.

John Miller

 

[Pete Biggs]

John Miller wrote:
> My rear wheel which is just a year old has a bit of play which would
> normally result from badly-adjusted cones, except that this hub has
> cartridge bearings and doesn't appear to offer any adjustment. Anybody got
> any experience of these hubs (Mirage looks to be the
> same) and whether anything can be done to take up the slack. Or will
> the slight play not be a problem? This is my winter bike, so it's
> possible that the bearings are worn but it seems a bit soon for that.
> I haven't tried to disassemble it yet 'cos putting the freehub back
> together is a pain.

The front hub can be tightened, but the rear can't be adjusted at all.

You may be entitled to claim under the warranty if the bearings have worn
out prematurely. Unfortuantely it's a professional job to replace the
cartridges as they are firmy pressed in.

There's now a trace of play with my several-year-old Veloce rear hub and it
seems to carry on working fine.

~PB

 

[Jim Higson]

John Miller wrote:

> My rear wheel which is just a year old has a bit of play which would
> normally result from badly-adjusted cones, except that this hub has
> cartridge bearings and doesn't appear to offer any adjustment. Anybody
> got any experience of these hubs (Mirage looks to be the same) and whether
> anything can be done to take up the slack. Or will the slight play not be
> a problem? This is my winter bike, so it's possible that the bearings are
> worn but it seems a bit soon for that. I haven't tried to disassemble it
> yet 'cos putting the freehub back together is a pain.

I had similar play develop on a Khamsin (basically, Mirage/Veloce hubs
drilled for tiplet lacing) rear hub.

The difficult part is finding out which bearings you need. In my case this
was done by taking the hub appart (which is actually quite simple to do)
and reading the numbers off the cartridge bearings.

The part Campagnolo list in their spare parts catalogue as "HB-SC013"[1] is
a generic sealed bearing "6901 2RS" - which you can get cheaply in lots of
places online. I'm fairly sure these can be replaced with just a couple of
5mm hex keys.

I can't remember what the bearing inside the freehub body is, and have lost
the email. I'm not sure if you'll need to replace those too.

[1] http://www.campagnolo.com/pdf/Spares08_B_1007.pdf

--
Jim

 

[Pete Biggs]

Jim Higson wrote:
> John Miller wrote:
>
>> My rear wheel which is just a year old has a bit of play which would
>> normally result from badly-adjusted cones, except that this hub has
>> cartridge bearings and doesn't appear to offer any adjustment.
>> Anybody got any experience of these hubs (Mirage looks to be the
>> same) and whether anything can be done to take up the slack. Or will
>> the slight play not be a problem? This is my winter bike, so it's
>> possible that the bearings are worn but it seems a bit soon for
>> that. I haven't tried to disassemble it yet 'cos putting the freehub
>> back together is a pain.
>
> I had similar play develop on a Khamsin (basically, Mirage/Veloce hubs
> drilled for tiplet lacing) rear hub.
>
> The difficult part is finding out which bearings you need. In my case
> this was done by taking the hub appart (which is actually quite
> simple to do) and reading the numbers off the cartridge bearings.
>
> The part Campagnolo list in their spare parts catalogue as
> "HB-SC013"[1] is a generic sealed bearing "6901 2RS"

That's the 2008 model which has a different shape and different bearings.

> - which you can
> get cheaply in lots of places online. I'm fairly sure these can be
> replaced with just a couple of 5mm hex keys.
>
> I can't remember what the bearing inside the freehub body is, and
> have lost the email. I'm not sure if you'll need to replace those too.
>
> [1] http://www.campagnolo.com/pdf/Spares08_B_1007.pdf

That's 2008.

2006 Veloce has FH-MI113 cartridges. How exactly do you remove these?

~PB

 

[Jim Higson]

Pete Biggs wrote:

> Jim Higson wrote:
>> John Miller wrote:
>>
>>> My rear wheel which is just a year old has a bit of play which would
>>> normally result from badly-adjusted cones, except that this hub has
>>> cartridge bearings and doesn't appear to offer any adjustment.
>>> Anybody got any experience of these hubs (Mirage looks to be the
>>> same) and whether anything can be done to take up the slack. Or will
>>> the slight play not be a problem? This is my winter bike, so it's
>>> possible that the bearings are worn but it seems a bit soon for
>>> that. I haven't tried to disassemble it yet 'cos putting the freehub
>>> back together is a pain.
>>
>> I had similar play develop on a Khamsin (basically, Mirage/Veloce hubs
>> drilled for tiplet lacing) rear hub.
>>
>> The difficult part is finding out which bearings you need. In my case
>> this was done by taking the hub appart (which is actually quite
>> simple to do) and reading the numbers off the cartridge bearings.
>>
>> The part Campagnolo list in their spare parts catalogue as
>> "HB-SC013"[1] is a generic sealed bearing "6901 2RS"
>
> That's the 2008 model which has a different shape and different bearings.

Ah, sorry, my hub is 2007, which uses the same bearings as in the 2008
catalogue I linked to.

>> - which you can
>> get cheaply in lots of places online. I'm fairly sure these can be
>> replaced with just a couple of 5mm hex keys.
>>
>> I can't remember what the bearing inside the freehub body is, and
>> have lost the email. I'm not sure if you'll need to replace those too.
>>
>> [1] http://www.campagnolo.com/pdf/Spares08_B_1007.pdf
>
> That's 2008.
>
> 2006 Veloce has FH-MI113 cartridges. How exactly do you remove these?

Sorry, no idea

--
Jim

 

[John Miller]

"Jim Higson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Pete Biggs wrote:
>
>> Jim Higson wrote:
>>> John Miller wrote:
>>>
>>>> My rear wheel which is just a year old has a bit of play which would
>>>> normally result from badly-adjusted cones, except that this hub has
>>>> cartridge bearings and doesn't appear to offer any adjustment.
>>>> Anybody got any experience of these hubs (Mirage looks to be the
>>>> same) and whether anything can be done to take up the slack. Or will
>>>> the slight play not be a problem? This is my winter bike, so it's
>>>> possible that the bearings are worn but it seems a bit soon for
>>>> that. I haven't tried to disassemble it yet 'cos putting the freehub
>>>> back together is a pain.
>>>
>>> I had similar play develop on a Khamsin (basically, Mirage/Veloce hubs
>>> drilled for tiplet lacing) rear hub.
>>>
>>> The difficult part is finding out which bearings you need. In my case
>>> this was done by taking the hub appart (which is actually quite
>>> simple to do) and reading the numbers off the cartridge bearings.
>>>
>>> The part Campagnolo list in their spare parts catalogue as
>>> "HB-SC013"[1] is a generic sealed bearing "6901 2RS"
>>
>> That's the 2008 model which has a different shape and different bearings.
>
> Ah, sorry, my hub is 2007, which uses the same bearings as in the 2008
> catalogue I linked to.
>
>>> - which you can
>>> get cheaply in lots of places online. I'm fairly sure these can be
>>> replaced with just a couple of 5mm hex keys.
>>>
>>> I can't remember what the bearing inside the freehub body is, and
>>> have lost the email. I'm not sure if you'll need to replace those too.
>>>
>>> [1] http://www.campagnolo.com/pdf/Spares08_B_1007.pdf
>>
>> That's 2008.
>>
>> 2006 Veloce has FH-MI113 cartridges. How exactly do you remove these?
>
> Sorry, no idea
>
> --
> Jim
>
Thanks for the replies guys. Although I got this hub at the end of 2006, it
is the 2007 model which presumably has the HB-SC013 bearings. Sorry for the
confusion. It isn't making nasty graunching noises yet, so I may ride it for
a while before I take it apart. However, if you've managed to replace your
bearings Jim, I'd be grateful for any pointers you can give.

Thanks again

John Miller