HOW TO: Replace Freehub Cartridge Bearings // No Special Tools!

[@m62hunting]

Best explanation I have seen so far. The drawing was the perfect way to show the inners of the hub. Nice job!

[@zeemon9623]

This saves so much money considering the vast number of bearing combinations out there. It's often difficult to even find the "proper" tools for the job in the first place. And instead of sacrificing a screwdriver, you can find some that can also be used as a chisel. Their shaft goes through all the way and has a flat metal part on the end of the handle for use with a hammer. They can probably be found at any hardware store for a pretty low price compared to specialist bike tools.

[@onelastlap9302]

Came here after watching the wheel bearing video. Great explanation and content! Really like the video style as well

[@TheBikeSauce]

Right on, thanks!

[@giddyup4055]

Great video, thank you! I really appreciated the sketch and explanation of the rear wheel, nice touch.

[@TheBikeSauce]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@WalkerBikes]

Awesome video/tutorial, I now actually have a bike that's new enough to have these type of hub bearings, very helpful

[@TheBikeSauce]

Hahah nice

[@michaelsnedden9029]

Thank you! I'm used to working on vintage bikes so this video really helped me to understand how a modern setup works. -mike's bikes work

[@TheBikeSauce]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@uniworkhorse]

Diagrams were excellent in conveying the concept of the hub! Thank you!

[@dusshan1]

amazing video! i've been looking for this exacltly. well explained and easy to follow. this time I left my bike with mechanic but next time definitely doing it myself :)

[@TheBikeSauce]

Your mechanic probably has better tools, but this works too

[@thelund]

Another excellent video, well produced and clearly explained. Thanks so much!

[@TheBikeSauce]

Thanks, Kevin!

[@radiocontrolled9181]

A big well done for the illustration diagrams which are very simple and extremely clear with the colour coding. Excellent 👍👍

[@DJLaFontsee]

This is so incredibly helpful. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@saltygreentea]

Dude, I LOVE those diagrams of yours.

[@double_d_8885]

Awesome video, very professional and easy to follow. The drawings helped me understand easily. Thank you

[@LouisCognault]

Thank you for this high quality video! The drawing was particularly helpful ❤

[@carlosalonzo6677]

great great content, love the drawings, thanks for sharing this

[@Ming3r]

This is great - I'll be referring to this if I ever need to swap mine out in the future!

[@artad6420]

Very cool graphics and informative vid since I have the same hunt wheelset.

[@nizarimi]

Awesome. Tq for making and sharing this video. I'm a DIY guy with 5 bikes in the house. 😀

[@olid512]

Excellent drawing and explanation.

[@shameelariff2556]

Hi this is a great video regarding servicing of hubs. Can you let me know a time frame after how many KM you need to clean and grease your cartridge bearings please?

[@TheRickysee]

Please show some tips how to remove the free hub body that is stuck

[@DavidBuskas]

Really, really good videos from you. Great job!

[@TheBikeSauce]

Thx, David!

[@seventiesandbeyond]

Do you have a video removing the hub off the wheel? I have a specialized with the hfh-0013 hub, I have no idea how to remove. I believe the Specialized Diverge uses the same rear hub. I have the Sirrus Carbon Comp.

[@adamkostan8671]

Nice work 💪 Keep more video's coming 📹

[@TheBikeSauce]

Every week!

[@karlbe8414]

I have same Hunt hub and am thinking that my free hub bearings are worn. Can you describe the symptoms of worn free hub bearings? I have been increasingly hearing a creaking sound that has a unique frequency, ie not very pedal stroke, goes away with coasting. I guess I could pull the free hub and feel if the bearings are rough. I am a bit surprised that 18k miles would wear them out. You make it look easy and your diagram was great!

[@TheBikeSauce]

That’s it. I just pulled the freehub and the bearing were notably rough.

[@radekhavel4726]

Excellent tutorial, thank you! I am about to replace bearings on my Mavic Crossride freehub. The configuration seems to be different from what you shown and one of the bearings is totally broken so I dont know how which is it and how it fits properly. Does anybody have experience witht he Crossride freehub?

[@lukehaddix4710]

The guy at the bike shop said I had the typ of hub you can't replace the barings in. Is he just trying to sell me a rim?

[@crazyjoedavola9002]

I've never heard of non-serviceable wheels

[@bokyarao873]

Same thing happened with me. They say these can't be repaired and I need to buy new wheel or new hub.

[@BrandonMeyer1641]

Depends. Sometimes a hub can get messed up beyond repair but more hubs are serviceable to some degree. And a rim is not the the same as a hub.

[@randabuffer6562]

You can service/take apart any hub and rebuild it.

[@jesmondo5785]

Unless the actual hub body is fucked, you can service it and replace bearings.

[@peterbedford2610]

QR skewer with a socket that's the same OD as the bearing? Ill try it

[@RC-yv9dz]

it is ok to reused old bearings that you just removed? I converted from Campy (old type) to a new N3W , the bearings on the old one are Enduro XD. I just wanna save those.

[@WakizashiSabre]

Hi, is it possible that height of freehub besrings lower overtime so the cap cannot push against it and hub is moving little hence making shifting bad? Dealing with this issue now while tightening the cap does not help. Thanks

[@2mawi]

Hey, great video (like usual). But how do I know if it's time to replace the bearings ?

[@TheBikeSauce]

You can do it periodically (every 1000mi or so depending on your terrain / weather) or like me, when they audibly start to roll rough

[@RonBalone]

@@TheBikeSauce 1,000 seems really early - esp if you're not riding in the rain/mud.

[@TheBikeSauce]

I guess that’s conservative. I’ve had many wheelsets and the seal configuration will dictate how often you need to replace. These hunts, while fast rolling, seem to eat up cartridge bearings faster than others. Luckily they’re cheap

[@Andrew-jf3zo]

@@TheBikeSauce that does seems very fast. My Hope prod 4's are still very smooth and quiet on original bearings after 15,000 miles.

[@mevemguevarra21]

good day and thanks for doing this video,i go work using my bike even if its raining,how does this affect my hubs (sealed bearing)? how often should i repack them with new grease? will putting oil in them bearings be enough?

[@TheBikeSauce]

If your wheels use cartridge bearings, generally better to replace them once in a while. They aren’t really meant to be serviceable

[@stefanormel]

Great video! What kind of grease do you use?

[@RixtronixLAB]

Nice info, where can we buy the replacement ? thanks :)

[@aidengeiger9606]

Hey, I happen to have the same bike that you have. The rockhopper sport 29er and I am pretty new to bikes and do not really know how to adjust the derailleurs. I look up videos and it is pretty confusing because the derailleurs are different on the rockhopper than on the videos I have seen. I tried to use the other videos to adjust the rockhopper but couldn't end up doing it. If you could help or make a video specifically adjusting your rockhopper that would be extremely helpful. I also could just take it up to the bike shop where I bought it from and have them do it for free but I would like to learn how to do it myself.

[@mydearriley]

My Novatec bearing only has one bearing any idea how to remove?

[@fastsvo]

@1:34 how do you remove that top cap?

[@alexduero9444]

Do you use a cassette spacer with the freehub?

[@jeremytheys]

If you are going to remove them with a screwdriver, please do not reinstall those back in the hub. Furthermore, a bearing extractor and dedicated bearing press is a worthwhile investment if you are going to service your hubs yourself.

[@TheBikeSauce]

Video was clear to use fresh bearings and also that this procedures requires no special tools. Thx though

[@کفشگر]

خیلی عالی توضیح دادید سپاسگزارم

[@piotrwojcik1756]

Hi . I found red washer but no idea how this supposed to go back

[@letourdefrance6917]

How to replace the springs on the hub body?

[@Mechaniclemaniac]

Thanx Broski! Pedal on Wayne...

[@TheBikeSauce]

Sha-winnnng

[@carlosalonzo6677]

@thebikesauce, do you have any recommendation for the ratchet freehub? looks like it has a ring nut seal which is impossible to remove / unscrew and it is making it near impossible to replace the bearing... any advice will be really appreciated

[@TheBikeSauce]

Which wheel / hub?

[@carlosalonzo6677]

@@TheBikeSauce 350 hub with ratchet system, wheel Forza R45_19C

[@BonanzaPilot]

Maybe I'm just a total newb, but what kind of grease are you using

[@winterrider6668]

CHIT technique for bearing removal. The 'tap it out' boys tend to f something up. Bearing pullers.... Do you know what that is ??

[@TheBikeSauce]

I’d have to change the title then 😉

[@jason200912]

Usually there arr only 3 pawls. The good wheels will come with 6. The really good ones will use a ratchet ring.

[@thenoobgamer2k311]

How to repair loosen freehub body?

[@AlexanderOrion]

My bearing exploded yesterday, it gave me some signs the day before, but I tought it was the deraileur. Had a puncture and when I took the wheel off to fix it, the cassette fell on the ground 😂

[@balrajsinghvirk]

Hi, are cartridge bearing better than cup n cone bearing?

[@TheBikeSauce]

Some would argue no, but they’re definitely more convenient and easier to setup

[@Jimbosaiyan]

excellent video. very helpful thanks.

[@joshuabuilds3051]

Well done.

[@stevenmcc6052]

How did u get old ones out?

[@TheBikeSauce]

Same as the hub, tap out with flat blade

[@stevenmcc6052]

@@TheBikeSauce ok ta i was knocking the uppermost bearing with a stepped drift. But didnt realise there was circlip holding it. Bearing is pitted now, circlip dished. Now i know to shove spacer and tap lower bearing. That one is still good. Will buy a 28x15x7 . Thanks 4 help

[@kostyantynyermakov]

👍thank you!

[@Sn00pp]

very useful

[@dsp4392]

"No special tools" ➡Proceeds to build his own special tool, that works better in a vice...

[@wordpress4373]

This doesnt make sense: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fGqpn3-uhrWWkKs it implies that inner sleeve is not pressed inbetween 2 bearings tightly and can slide easily backwards and forwards. In my Shimano freehub inner sleeve cannot move between 2 bearings.

[@TheBikeSauce]

If the sleeve slides axially, then it serves no purpose. In some hubs, this sleeve is more tightly compressed between the bearing than in others.

[@wordpress4373]

but in your example, it slides axially, otherwise you wouldnt be able to move it like that to access bearing (thats what I meant). In my hub, it only spins with bearings, I cannot move it axially. This means I could only potentialy try to push all together (both bearings and sleeve) out of the hub to change bearings, at least with my tools I have. @@TheBikeSauce

[@TheBikeSauce]

@wordpress4373 it slides radially (out of the way) because in this case, there wasn’t a ton of axial preload on the sleeve. Other hubs have more compressive preload on this sleeve, making it a bit harder to push out of the way

[@bxnny6657]

No hate or anything, but you should definitely remind people that with this sort of back alley mechanic trick you can easily brake your 2000 dollar wheelset, because the way cartridge bearings work is that they are pushed into a hub that is only a few micrometers bigger (making the bearings sit very tight) and if that bearing gets wedged in from the side then guess what, it don't sit as well.

[@travisgibson5545]

Just go pay your bike shop 200$ and move on

[@cestmoi6029]

I think you’re a petty little pr!ick, the guy is showing how to replace bearings in the free hub, not the wheel hub. And even at the LBS, they do exactly what this guy does.