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Scroll down to lubricating frewheels, something like phil tenacious oil or thick gear oil should work pretty well. A little goes a long way, so take it slow or look forward to cleaning off your spokes and maybe the walls too. I have done this on the IRD units with mixed success. I had a Mk 2 model that should have failed in theory, but went strong for a very long time. I had a Mk 3 on another bike and the bearings went to crap and got all rough after about a year, IRD recently sent me two new ones as replacements. The new ones are silky smooth, but have a little more play than I was used to, time will tell. Even though they have their quirks I still love how silent the freewheels are. On my weekend ride I crossed paths with a few groups of other roadies. When they would coast the noise was shockingly loud, swarms of bees mixed with a whole deck of baseball cards slapping through the spokes crazy loud. While waiting for my replacement wheels I looked into my other options for byulding a dishless wheel and decided the price and noise are not worth it. Rob On Feb 13, 5:54 pm, "Thomas Lynn Skean" <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi! > > I haven't tried that. But then again, I have no way to re-introduce grease > into the freewheel after I've flushed it with solvent. So earlier (before I > had any *complete* failures) I was reluctant to do anything like that. > Technically the IRD freewheels are not user-serviceable. If anyone has hints > as to how to get into the innards of an IRD freewheel without destroying > them, I'd love to hear them. > > Interestingly, my latest failure was happened *after* the temperature rose > from -13 to +33 within 5 days. And the first failure happened as the > temperature was dropping but was not yet super cold. Perhaps it has something > to do with "passing through" the freezing/melting point of any water that may > have gotten into the freewheel. > > In any case, there's no harm in futzing around with a non-funtioning > freewheel; it risks nothing but time. So I do intend to pursue getting a look > at the insides of one as time allows. > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Jason Hartman > To: rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2011 7:29 PM > Subject: Re: [RBW] Phil Wood "IRD" FW hub and/or Shimano freewheel > experiences? > > Have you tried flushing the non working freewheels with solvent? > > It's pretty common for freewheels and even freehubs to stop > working when they get really cold. The grease solidifies and > keeps the pawls from catching. > > Jay Hartman > > On Sun, Feb 13, 2011 at 5:45 PM, Thomas Lynn Skean > <thomaslynnsk...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Hello, all! > > Does anyone have any experience using the "Shimanopore" freewheel on a > Phil Wood "IRD" 7-speed freewheel hub? Does anyone have any experience > using the "Shimanopore" freewheel with a "normal" (i.e. non-"IRD") 7- > speed freewheel hub? > > I've had to replace three IRD 7-speed freewheels in 7 months. The > first one (13-28) lasted a couple thousand miles but then started to > fail to catch within a reasonable amount of rotation. The next one > (non-mega 13-32) didn't work at all; the small cog was broken. The > next one (non-mega 13-32) lasted only a few hundred miles before > starting to "freeze" (introducing top-of-the-stay slack) and then, > within a week or so, began to fail to catch like the first one. > > It had just gotten cold when the first one failed. It has just been > *really* cold when the third one failed. I don't know if that's > related. > > If these freewheels typically last only a couple thousand mikes, I'll > be disappointed but I'll deal. If there's an alternative freewheel > like the Shimano I'll use those. If fteewheels are just this > inconsistent and I can't find an alternative freewheel arrangement, > I'll switch to a cassette system ASAP and move on. > > Anybody have any insights / info / suggestions? > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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