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Title: stock sealed front hub wobble/ping
Post by: blueee on January 04, 2017, 07:58:55 PM
I have a stock sealed front hub and it wobbles and pings. I've tightened the threaded cone nuts and it still wobbles and pings. bad bearing? any remedy I'm unaware of? I've been on a marmoset for the past decade soooo
Title: Re: stock sealed front hub wobble/ping
Post by: LeonLikesToRock on January 05, 2017, 03:40:02 AM
Bearings are probably fucked. Are you still travelling a lot? for some reason my front hub sometimes does this after a flight but then go back to being fine.
Title: Re: stock sealed front hub wobble/ping
Post by: blueee on January 05, 2017, 09:54:37 PM
I'm gonna find me a Walmart front wheel
Title: Re: stock sealed front hub wobble/ping
Post by: JohnW on January 16, 2017, 07:30:25 AM
What happened to the Marmoset? I'm about to put my new bearings in my ancient one
Title: Re: stock sealed front hub wobble/ping
Post by: montymitch on January 17, 2017, 08:54:27 AM
What happened to the Marmoset? I'm about to put my new bearings in my ancient one
I put some fresh bearings in mine last summer and I think it'll be good to go for another 10 years. George outdid himself and should have planned some obsolescence.
Title: Re: stock sealed front hub wobble/ping
Post by: JohnW on January 27, 2017, 08:19:23 PM
What happened to the Marmoset? I'm about to put my new bearings in my ancient one
I put some fresh bearings in mine last summer and I think it'll be good to go for another 10 years. George outdid himself and should have planned some obsolescence.
I just built brand new wheels but reused my old Marmoset. Slapped new Enduro bearings in and it's still perfect. Sunday Cyclone freecoaster and Eclat Bondi rims. Should be good to go for another 5 years anyways now.