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When looking at my freehub I looked online for pawl oil to see what options there are (considering that the only oil sold for bicycles seem to be for chains). The only sensible result I got was oil and grease for sailing boat winches, like this set . I'm not a boat person, so I've no idea if boat wi...

Graham wrote:Too Good to Lose . . . . it is already there

Ah! I was looking in the wrong place (in the index post). Sorry about that (and for resurrecting an older thread).

Some finesse, cunning and brute force did the trick. Thanks

Right, that's good to know. I wanted to check there wasn't some weird reason why a non-removable nut would be a good idea. I seemed like it would be madness for it to be the case, but I've been surprised by "mad" decisions before.

I've checked both, but I suppose the final sprocket being "definitely on correctly" might still not be but feel like it is. Thanks again.

I want to replace a QR adjusting nut (acorn) on the front wheel of my utility bike with a spare light mount I had lying around (a bit like one of these ). However, the nut won't easily unscrew off the end of the skewer. Before I get out the pliers and brute force it off, I wanted to check if it was ...

Well the freehub is fixed. Thanks for all the help. I managed to grab a couple of short fixing sessions in the garage yesterday. The LH seal came off OK, then a squirt of WD40 made everything clicky again. Later, once the WD40 had dried a bit, I added some oil and it's all gone back together and wor...

I'm glad the seal is easily removable. I'll see what's inside tomorrow. I'll see if I have anything better than FL green lube for the pawls. I think I probably have some super-light stuff (teflon spray, sewing machine oil etc) which would probably wrong in the other direction to too-sticky grease. I...

Thanks again. I've returned from the garage and have caught up with the rest of the comments. It's definitely the freehub and not the chain skipping. I haven't had much success in fixing it, since the freehub is still slipping, so I'll try again tomorrow to see if the oil has penetrated. I was disco...

Thanks for that Brucey. I'll take the wheel off and give it a go this weekend.

Mark

Ah, yes. It just occurred to me that it could be the pawls. Hence why it's a problem when the freewheeling - the difference in speed between the sprocket and the hub is too high for the pawls to engage.

OK, now to take off the cassette and see if I can remember how to access & fix the pawls.

My Surly Cross Check pedals just fine and the gears change nicely both up and down. However, if I freewheel for a bit (or, worse backpedal) then there's a good chance the chain will slip when I try to pedal again. I can replicate the problem on the bike stand, but it happens too quickly for me to se...

As far as I know, yes - officially. But I bought some things there yesterday and the chap returned my voucher after applying the 10% discount. I don't see why I couldn't use it again - he didn't take any of my details so Halfords can't know that I've already used it once. Edit: In-store only (just i...

Thanks Brucey. I was thinking the same thing - it's probably a two-handed (or two-tooled) job for the chain + tensioner. Perhaps I should buy 2 Rehooks Thanks for the tips for me to look at for the chain-dropping. I think the chain might drop when back-pedalling.

I put chains on from the bottom. Always have done. It makes complete logical sense. You don't need a tool, you just put your chain on the bottom of the ring and turn the cranks backwards and you don't need to lift your rear wheel. I always thought that that's what everyone did with an unshipped cha...