I repacked the bearings in my 2000 Campy Record rear hub this weekend. It was something of an ordeal, as the hub is lot more complicated than cheaper cup and cone units I've fiddled with before (it is marvelously well built, though). I did eventually get all the bearings regreased and repacked and got the cones back in along with all the various bushings and washers. Without thinking, I smeared a dab of grease on the freehub gear (the gear the pawls run on) before I replaced the freehub body. I stuck the wheel on a bike and adjusted the hubs. Interestingly, the hub no longer makes much noise when it freewheels. This was a loud hub before, and now it is very quiet and perhaps does not freewheel as long (when I spin the wheel with the bike on the stand). Is this the grease I foolishly globbed onto the freewheel body gear? Do I need to worry about it? Should I take the cassette and the freehub body off and clean out the grease? I'm slightly worried that it might cause the pawls to engage less than completely. It's a beautiful hub and I'm loathe to damage through mechanical ineptitude.
andrew-<< Without thinking, I smeared a dab of grease on the freehub gear . << the hub no longer makes much noise when it freewheels. This was a loud hub before, and now it is very quiet and perhaps does not freewheel as long
A wee bit of grease around the pawls is not a big deal, a lot can be if the pawls get stuck down, a bad thing.
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