Recommendation on quiet ratchet hub

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by cmg

if you take the hubs apart and knock off the corners of the the pawls (If your hub uses pawls) most hubs will quiet down. of course this will age the hubs and reduce the bearing surface of the face that makes contact with the freehub but it will quietier. you can't do this to a dt swiss hub for example, get use to the noise.

Pretty tough with ultegra or 105 hubs since the pawls are internal to the FH body..Yup, you can take 'em apart, then muck with the 2 pawls(poor idea, IMHO, ask Tyler Hamilton, when his wrench took one of the 3 pawls out and his farging wheel failed) and maybe get all the 1/8 bearing balls back in there, but.....

[druptight]

Originally Posted by Fishbike

Campy branded hubs are quiet too if that's how you roll.

This is not true for either set of campy hubs I own.

[guido]

Thanks for the input folks! Lots of great ideas. I just scored a nice deal on some 105 hubs.

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by macaroon

MY DT 350 hubs are fairly quiet, come in a 32 hole drilling and are also supposed to be very reliable. They're also home serviceable.

Great hubs these. Same design and some same bits as DT240, just different (off shore) hub shell, And bearings, fewer drillings but awesome hubs.

But, most modern hubs, are 3 pawls...shimano are 2....hence less noise.

Some others, like AmericanClassic, are really one....one metal prong rotating a disc that moves 6? Or 8? Little levers into the hub.

[austex]

Originally Posted by carlineng

Shimano 105 (5700) or Ultegra (6600 or 6700) all fit the bill.

And with a Morningstar tool, you can flush/inject Phil Tenacious Oil into the f/h - I can't hear mine ratchet....


Tom

[Joachim]

Originally Posted by austex

And with a Morningstar tool, you can flush/inject Phil Tenacious Oil into the f/h - I can't hear mine ratchet....


Tom

Phil is WAY too thick for pawls... Maybe it doesn't get cold where you are, but if the temp drops.....good luck.



http://www.dumondetech.com/products/bicycle-2/

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Joachim

Phil is WAY too thick for pawls... Maybe it doesn't get cold where you are, but if the temp drops.....good luck.



http://www.dumondetech.com/products/bicycle-2/

Mobil 1

[GeorgeTSquirrel]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Mobil 1

What, straight up oil? Or do they make an 0 or 00 grade grease? I want to try using some 00 grease from Valvoline if I can ever find someone that carries it. http://www.valvoline.com/products/co...cts/grease/128

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by GeorgeTSquirrel

What, straight up oil? Or do they make an 0 or 00 grade grease? I want to try using some 00 grease from Valvoline if I can ever find someone that carries it. http://www.valvoline.com/products/co...cts/grease/128

I use 0w-15 I think..thin but doesn't get thick when cold..also for spoke/eyelet interfaces, DT ratchets, all sorts of applications. Cheap, a quart lasts for a long time.

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by oldpotatoe

Mobil 1

What does Mobil 1 give you that other oils don't in this application?

Like other oils, Mobile 1 comes in a variety of grades - which grade is recommended for this application?

[oldpotatoe]

Originally Posted by Mark McM

What does Mobil 1 give you that other oils don't in this application?

Like other oils, Mobile 1 comes in a variety of grades - which grade is recommended for this application?

Any synthetic motor oil...slippery, doesn't get thick when cold.

Bike stuff, like pawls and such, 'which grade' really isn't that important.

[Admiral Ackbar]

I've actually been using the 1/4qts of left over oil from my oil changes on my "lesser" bikes (winter beater, townie, ss mtb) for a while now

seems to work pretty well. chains seem to like it too. definitely good for free hubs.