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one bike i have has sora hubs. about 6000 miles.
the other has shimano 600/ultegra. about 3-4000 miles.
i noticed on both of them lately that if you really wrench the back wheel, you can get it to kind of
move about 1-2mm.
what you have to do is grab the seat stay with one hand, and the wheel with the other, and either
push or pull hard, i would estimate at least 25-30 lbs force.
this is the same type of play as the kind you have when the bearing cones are too loose - except it
takes a LOT more force to produce it.
i am familiar with the normal cone bearing play that you have to get out when the QRs are tightened
down.. this is a very loose easily produced type of play, compared to what i am talking about.
i didn;t notice this after trying to adjust the bearings either, for some reason i happened to be
trying something that put a lot of force on the wheel and it kind of clunked over, then i noticed i
could force it back to another position back.
it will 'stick' in the position you leave it in til you do that again.
and - you can;t tighten the cones enough to get it out, the bearings will stick before that.
so what does this mean?
do i suddenly need new hubs, on 2 bikes? seems unlikely..
they seemed fine before, or else i just didn;t wrench the wheel hard enough to notice.
the front wheels don;t do this.
wle.
the other has shimano 600/ultegra. about 3-4000 miles.
i noticed on both of them lately that if you really wrench the back wheel, you can get it to kind of
move about 1-2mm.
what you have to do is grab the seat stay with one hand, and the wheel with the other, and either
push or pull hard, i would estimate at least 25-30 lbs force.
this is the same type of play as the kind you have when the bearing cones are too loose - except it
takes a LOT more force to produce it.
i am familiar with the normal cone bearing play that you have to get out when the QRs are tightened
down.. this is a very loose easily produced type of play, compared to what i am talking about.
i didn;t notice this after trying to adjust the bearings either, for some reason i happened to be
trying something that put a lot of force on the wheel and it kind of clunked over, then i noticed i
could force it back to another position back.
it will 'stick' in the position you leave it in til you do that again.
and - you can;t tighten the cones enough to get it out, the bearings will stick before that.
so what does this mean?
do i suddenly need new hubs, on 2 bikes? seems unlikely..
they seemed fine before, or else i just didn;t wrench the wheel hard enough to notice.
the front wheels don;t do this.
wle.