Servicing Mavic hubs

[pliptrot]

Does anyone know of a shop/workshop (or set of tools) where (with which) I can get the older style of Mavic hubs (prior to the onset of factory wheel disease)? They were (are) probably the best hubs I've ever used but even mine need new bearings.

Cheers,

[pliptrot]

That would be get thosew hubs serviced. Apologies for omitting the one word which made the message make sense.

[thirdcrank]

I'm not sure what sort of hubs yo mean - I have some Mavics with sealed bearings which are not particularly new, but if you are talking about traditional hubs with cone type bearings you just need some cone spanners.

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/gloss_cn-z.html#conewrench

Widely available (but if you are buying them in the US, it seems they are called wrenches )

[gaz]

If it's the Mavic sealed bearing types 501/531/571/577 the start of this review gives some good detail on how they are put together.

This somewhat lenghty article will tell you all about removing and replacing cartridge bearings.

[michael432000]

I am running Mavic 531 hubs and I have noticed some play in the front one. It’s annoying because they’ve only done around 160,000 miles.

I’ve never done it before but it looks easy enough to replace the bearings according to this diagram:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/MAVIC501.JPG

Q) How tight should the nut 500 027 be tightened onto the axle 500 025? Mine are both rather loose.

Thank you.

[recordacefromnew]

I am running Mavic 531 hubs and I have noticed some play in the front one. It’s annoying because they’ve only done around 160,000 miles.

I’ve never done it before but it looks easy enough to replace the bearings according to this diagram:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/MAVIC501.JPG

Q) How tight should the nut 500 027 be tightened onto the axle 500 025? Mine are both rather loose.

Thank you.

This should help https://skitch-img.s3.amazonaws.com/20110310-8hhkkrdjb6mq7jfbyin4n8kber.jpg.

The idea is to remove play while skewer is on tight, while not allowing the QR to put a significant lateral load on the cartridge bearings. You might have to achieve this by iteration.

[michael432000]

I am running Mavic 531 hubs and I have noticed some play in the front one. It’s annoying because they’ve only done around 160,000 miles.

I’ve never done it before but it looks easy enough to replace the bearings according to this diagram:

http://www.yellowjersey.org/MAVIC501.JPG

Q) How tight should the nut 500 027 be tightened onto the axle 500 025? Mine are both rather loose.

Thank you.

This should help https://skitch-img.s3.amazonaws.com/20110310-8hhkkrdjb6mq7jfbyin4n8kber.jpg.

The idea is to remove play while skewer is on tight, while not allowing the QR to put a significant lateral load on the cartridge bearings. You might have to achieve this by iteration.

Brilliant. Thank you for that recordacefromnew, so glad I asked. All play now removed.

These are fantastic wheels, MA40’s, built by Monty at Condor cycles about twenty-seven years ago and still perfectly tensioned and true after all those years of racing, training, commuting and travelling to exotic locations. They’ve even been over the five thousand meter Paso de la Agua Negra from Argentina into Chile.

Hopefully good for a few more years yet.