Hub Service; Disassembly; Inspection; Troubleshooting - Spinergy Tilium Service Instructions

** Always wear eye protection when servicing wheels. **

HUB SERVICE

DISASSEMBLY

Front
1. Remove either axle cap using a cone wrench on each side (fig1).
2. Remove remaining axle cap by inserting hex key into axle to hold while turning
axle cap with cone wrench. (fig 2).
4. Remove bearing by tapping out axle with plastic tipped hammer and punch
(fig 3).
Use punch with sufficient diameter not to get stuck in hex key slot in axle.
5. Remove other side hub bearing with punch.

INSPECTION

1. Inspect bearings for excessive play, roughness or drag. Replace if needed.
2. Inspect hubshell and all components for cracks, deformation, wear, breakage.
Replace as needed.

TROUBLESHOOTING

Main axle dragging
Hub bearings worn, center hubshell bearing spacer worn or missing, axle bent,
bearings not fully seated in hubshell.
Freehub body dragging
Axle worn, freehub body bearings worn, hubshell seal dry, missing or worn #511199
spacer. Of these causes , a worn axle or spacer is the most common. Depending on
hub version, the freehub body will use either a step in the axle or a spacer sleeve to
space the back of the freehub body away from the hubshell. When assembled, this
step or spacer sleeve should protrude out of the back of the freehub body at least
1mm/.040" or about a credit card thickness (fig 4,5).
Freehub body not engaging or disengaging
Dirt contamination in pawl seat, pawl broken, pawl spring broken, ratchet ring broken
or stripped, seized bearings in freehub body.
Creaking or clicking
End caps loose, bearings loose fit in hubshell, axle worn / undersized, spokes dirty
(PBO) or worn (steel) where they intersect and contact each other, loose quick release.
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