I took my WTB Laserdisc Lite rear hub apart last night to replace the 2 bearings in the hub shell. This is the first time I did this and it was actually much easier than I thought (many thanks and props to Jerk Chicken, who had posted a great thread about the service procedure for this hub with really good pics :thumbsup: ), but since I am a noob to working on hubs, I cannot judge if the freehub is still OK to use or not. Please see below...
Note: This is the first time the cassette came off since I bought the bike 1.5 years ago. Any advice is much appreciated.
Take a file and smooth out the tops of the ridges. Then buy the correct cassette (XT, XTR, PG-990). From the looks of it, it had a PG-980 on it which will not protect it enough.
I'm sure JC would be pleased, but Alan from Chumba Bikes asked for JC to be "dealt with" (read: banned) after a disagreement in the Chumba forum. No more useful tech advice and service info from that ex-member.
Take a file and smooth out the tops of the ridges. Then buy the correct cassette (XT, XTR, PG-990). From the looks of it, it had a PG-980 on it which will not protect it enough.
Thanks for the good advice! I smoothed out the top of the ridges using emory sandpaper and it worked like a charm. My new XT cassette went on without any problems. After seeing the XT cassette in comparison to the Sram PG-980 cassette, I can definitely see your point about the Sram cassette gouging the freehub body way more than the Shimano cassette.
On my Ringle Jumping flea I Had the two loose blow right clan though. Had to remove them and put blank spacers in. I miss my 11T cog.
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