I don't want to be too critical here, Bill, or wander off topic, but the point on your pencil is...sub-optimal, to put it politely. We have a guy here in town that specializes in this, might be worth a look. You are just a bit south of us.
http://www.artisanalpencilsharpening.com/ When you say the mech locked up, do you mean it came to a complete and final halt, or it temporarily froze up and then released, only to do it again intermittently? Also, does anyone know if these are the same hubs that came stock on the Clems as well? On Thursday, March 24, 2016 at 9:45:17 AM UTC-4, William R. wrote: > > Hi Bill. I too have been admiring the construction of the rear hub. And > the ease of taking it apart. I had a problem though. I needed to take mine > apart because on my first ride the rear freewheel mechanism locked up. When > I took it apart and looked at the pawls I was amazed that there were six of > them! Very nice. I think it jammed because there was some very sticky white > grease on the pawls. I cleaned it out with wd-40, let it dry and applied > chain oil. I use chainsaw bar chain oil. The hub operates beautifully now. > I noticed when I had the hub opened up that one of the areas between the > pawls had a grove in it (see photo). Actually, on closer inspection of the > photo I see a smaller second groove closer to the pawl on the right. I > wonder if this was a result of the jam or the cause. Or was it the grease? > I feel like the grease had something to do with it. Could one or two of the > ratchet gears get caught there like that? The photo was taken after I > cleaned the grease out. Everything is working well now and I've been riding > it a lot since this happened. I can't really wrap my head around what could > have happened there. Any thoughts? Anyone? > > Bill in Westchester, NY > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P5IYtM0Cwyk/VvPsLGJu3zI/AAAAAAAAANg/l9MYNoR2IuArBaHUg0uvQybai1FHEscSQ/s1600/IMG_9877.JPG> > > -- 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.
