I second Igor's recommendation; too much grease can gunk up the pawls. A light oil is better than grease. If you use grease, use a small amount.
I have about 1500 miles on my VO touring hub, with zero problems. On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 7:23 PM Ash <[email protected]> wrote: > Have this hub on my Joe A. 14 months and 3k or so miles later, it is good > as new. > > That said, because of the loud ratchet sound, I was thinking of replacing > the wheel in favor of XT hub. > > Thanks to Lum for opening this thread. And William, can't thank you > enough for the grease idea. The problem is solved! > > I squeezed a quarter tube of grease into the ratchet well. No I can > barely hear it. It is so quiet I'm beginning to wonder if all that grease > is going to cause some other problem! Anyway, I enjoy the rides a lot more > now. > > oh and I had one small issue with this hub. I do not know the names of > various parts of the hub, but the thing that slides into the frame was ever > so slightly bigger. Had to file that piece just a bit. > > > > > > On Saturday, 13 October 2018 11:58:17 UTC-7, William! wrote: >> >> I have the disc version of this hub on two wheelsets. A year in and I >> still love it. The noise does quiet down after a bit, particularly if you >> pack it full of grease. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
