FogVilleLad said:
When I ordered a new front wheel from Mike, he said that he didn't have any dealers in the Bay Area. There's an external cup on the rear wheel that is tricky to reinstall, so I'm hoping for a referral to a shop which already has experience with these hubs.
Re the front wheel's cartridge bearings, one of them is defective. There's a definite "notch" when holding the wheel by the axle and spinning it.
Re the needle bearings, I saw a longish post from Mike to the effect that some hubs arrived at his shop without the needle bearings having been properly lubricated and that he was now inspecting them. This rear wheel was first sold in '06. It spins smoothly but there's a quiet grinding sound which I suspect is due to the needle bearings not being properly lubricated. The wheel was not used much, so there's still hope;-)
The original purchaser coouldn't dissasemble the wheel - neither can I - and I really hope to locate a shop which already has experience with these hubs.
How does your Speedcific
Perception hub differ from the Speedcific
Serenity rear hub that is pictured below?
If the Perception hub body
looks the same, then I reckon to disassemble it you simply PULL the non-driveside cap away from the hub body BECAUSE it looks as though the Serenity hub is really a
DT/Hugi hub in disguise.
Of course, it might not be.
If your rear hub
looks the same, then this is what Hugi used to refer to as a NO TOOLS assembly hub ... but, if you didn't know that it could come apart, you would be hard pressed to believe that it can.
The non-driveside cap fits onto the axle & more-or-less holds the axle in place. Wrap a wide rubber band (similar to the kind that holds a bunch of Brocolli together OR an old inner tube OR something similar) on the non-driveside cap, and simply pull ...
I haven't bothered to take the 240 hubs apart any further ... but, based on my memory of the tech drawing, the hollow axle should just slide out of the hub ... I presume the axle holds the freehub in place which in turn holds the star-ratchet against the spring ...
There are no needle bearings in this design. The BELL housing is where the spring for the reciprocating star ratchet mechanism resides.
The ratchet should have a "soft" feel to it ...
The axle will NOT seem to spin freely when you are turning it by hand, but if you put one hand on each axle end and roll the wheel/hub along the floor, you will see that the loaded resistance is minimal.
Of course, the Perception hub could be completely different than the Serenity hub ... so, the description may be moot.
Post a picture of the rear hub.
Also, what does the FRONT hub on your wheelset look like?