As others have said, the sounds might not be coming from the wheel bearings. Do the bearings feel rough when you turn the axle by hand, with the wheel off the bike?
Aside from the rim joint it could be also that one or a few spokes are badly tensioned and the noise is coming from the spokes flexing and rubbing on each other where they cross. On Feb 23, 11:31 am, james <meine...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have some phil wood hubs on my sam hillborne and a while back the > front one got real noisy making some clinking and clanking. I thought > at first if i trued the wheel ever so slightly that would help, but > no, and i thought i would remove breaks and fenders just to make sure, > but the clinking and clanking went on. then it went away for a little > while, so i din't worry about it. then it came back. currently > (today and yesterday) its gone again... but i'm wondering, should i > buy some phil wood bearings and replace them? is this very > difficult? i looked through the walkthrough pdf they have on their > site and it looks easy. can it be done with the hub still laced up? > > any info appreciated! > > james -- 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 at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
