Bought my hub in 2014. Model was: Shimano FH-T780 XT Rear Hub (36H Rear, Silver)
Hope this helps. I did some research when it happened and there were a few other people having issues. I talked about this before on the bob list or rbw list and linked to some of the sources. Best, Clayton Scott HBG, CA On Wednesday, October 9, 2019 at 12:47:22 PM UTC-7, Patrick Moore wrote: > > All: Has Clayton's experience been a common one? I ask because I recently > had the rear wheel for the Matthews rebuilt with an XT hub, which I assume > is the current model; I have no idea what the current model's designation > is, and when it was introduced. > > No hint of problems so far, but then I've not put many miles on it yet -- > a few hundred. An entirely cursory Google-verb-transitive search found > several problem conversations from 10 or more years ago, and only 1, from > 2016, about the seizure problem. > > https://forum.cyclinguk.org/viewtopic.php?t=108592 > > Clayton: Were yours 2016 models? > > All: Is the current model the same one? > > Patrick Moore, desperately hoping Clayton's hub was a total outlier, in > ABQ, NM. > > > > On Wed, Oct 9, 2019 at 12:42 PM Clayton.sf <clay...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> ... >> >> I recommend not using Shimano hubs in the rear; especially not the >> current XT version. I have had two of their recent XT freehubs seize up >> turning the bike into a fixed wheel. >> > -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/a197aed0-0a36-4046-9a7c-da34fc269cec%40googlegroups.com.
