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Robin Hubert
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Can these be removed/replaced? Mine are shot and I'd rather not pay the
big bucks for Campagnolo small parts if I can help it.
I did some minor banging on the inner "race" with a socket that barely
slipped through the axle bore from the inside. They didn't seem to want
to budge and I was in fear of driving the inner race from the
cartridge(s). Yes, I removed the set screw but that made no difference
(and I couldn't see the effect, frankly, of the screw).
If I have to buy Campagnolo small parts I'm just going to buy a whole
new hub. That way I get cones, axle, bearings, skewer ....
Cheap pay for Chorus/Centaur 9/10sp cassette body is $60. Record is
$90-something (my hub is Record but I'll replace it with
Chorus/Centaur). Cones are about $20 each (I'm talking wholesale
prices!). That axle is worth $40. Skewer is worth $30. You can buy a
Chorus rear hub at
http://www.lickbike.com/productpage.aspx?PART_NUM_SUB='1892-32' for
$130. Hmmm ... do the math. Isn't Campagnolo Grand!
As a technical aside (ok, it's a ***** rant), Campagnolo ought to make
these bearings easily serviceable/replaceable since it is such a weak
design. They are too small and vulnerable to properly do the job. The
nerve of them to charge so much money for fixes to an inferior design!
And, just to be fair, this hub has approx. 20K miles.
Hasn't Shimano's (or whoever's) patent on their freehub design expired?
Robin Hubert
big bucks for Campagnolo small parts if I can help it.
I did some minor banging on the inner "race" with a socket that barely
slipped through the axle bore from the inside. They didn't seem to want
to budge and I was in fear of driving the inner race from the
cartridge(s). Yes, I removed the set screw but that made no difference
(and I couldn't see the effect, frankly, of the screw).
If I have to buy Campagnolo small parts I'm just going to buy a whole
new hub. That way I get cones, axle, bearings, skewer ....
Cheap pay for Chorus/Centaur 9/10sp cassette body is $60. Record is
$90-something (my hub is Record but I'll replace it with
Chorus/Centaur). Cones are about $20 each (I'm talking wholesale
prices!). That axle is worth $40. Skewer is worth $30. You can buy a
Chorus rear hub at
http://www.lickbike.com/productpage.aspx?PART_NUM_SUB='1892-32' for
$130. Hmmm ... do the math. Isn't Campagnolo Grand!
As a technical aside (ok, it's a ***** rant), Campagnolo ought to make
these bearings easily serviceable/replaceable since it is such a weak
design. They are too small and vulnerable to properly do the job. The
nerve of them to charge so much money for fixes to an inferior design!
And, just to be fair, this hub has approx. 20K miles.
Hasn't Shimano's (or whoever's) patent on their freehub design expired?
Robin Hubert