Bearing removal from an Alex wheel
The bearing needs to come out in order to remove the freehub assembly from the hub. The non drive side was easy, it had a "lip" available to push from. The drive side has like a 1mm lip that is difficult to contact. I believe the drive side bearing must come out to remove the freehub body, which appears to be similar to Shimano using a big 14mm? allen key. The 14mm key does not fit through the non-drive side of the hub. These are Devox branded rims, Felt's house private label. The Alex # is BRD-50812N
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Why do you need the free hub off? A blind bearing puller is the right tool for the job. I have a set like this and it has worked well for hubs and a host of other bearings.
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That kit looks super! The freehub likely needs to be replaced, or at least Phil Wooded to quiet it down. It's quite noisy when freewheeling.
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I would contact Felt first.
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Blind hole bearing puller, inexpensive @ Harbour Freight if you needed it yesterday.
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Try a long 12mm allen key from the nondriveside. There allen key flats visible in there, highly unlikely you need to remove the FHB bearing.
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Yes did mean oil. Wussed out and took to a local shop as I didn't want to buy a puller to use 1x. The rest of my stuff is Shimano and I actually prefer their hubs related to bearings, loose ball, vs. cartridge. I tried a 12, 13, 14mm long allen and none would fit. Very strange as I would assume most Overseas stuff to be metric. Oh well, I work, and just will pay the bill and move on.
I did contact Felt, they were not interested in warranty since I bought third handed. They did give me Alex's information contact, which they have failed to respond to my 3 attempts. Shimano hubs are a peach to service compared to these things, but then again with the right tool.... The Mrs. is furrowing her eyebrows whenever fedex / ups comes around. I try to tell her I don't drink/smoke/gamble/chase women; and that bikes are one of my few vices left, but she ignores my pleas. |
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