old'scoolfool Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) just got a king and took the cassette off to set it up for singlespeed and see this is the freehuhub damaged? just the axle or something that can be replaced? if so does anyone who's upgraded to a heavy duty axle have a their original they'd sell me? cheers in advance Edited July 23, 2011 by old'scoolfool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 it's just the axle that's damaged don't think I've seen a King hub that hasn't done that. You can still run it fine, but just make sure the split doesn't carry on down to the bearing race. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 It looks like it's just the serrated edge that's chipped off a little. Bolt it up like normal and see how it gets on - chances are it'll function just fine and be nothing to worry about and could save you the time/money/hassle of replacing the axle. If it comes down to it and the wheel slips a little then you can always go and replace it, but makes sense to work out if it's necessary first Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'scoolfool Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 It looks like it's just the serrated edge that's chipped off a little. Bolt it up like normal and see how it gets on - chances are it'll function just fine and be nothing to worry about and could save you the time/money/hassle of replacing the axle. If it comes down to it and the wheel slips a little then you can always go and replace it, but makes sense to work out if it's necessary first the axle itself seems fine its just the serated edge you mentioned that has the chip in it, can i replace just that bit lol? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali C Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 no, just keep using it, it's fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted July 23, 2011 Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 no, just keep using it, it's fine. +1 Bigman told me about the serrated sleeves cracking on HD king axles, he said he filed the serrations out in order to eliminate the stress raisers. I dont think its going to cause any problems for the axle, might be worth filing the other end down though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'scoolfool Posted July 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted July 23, 2011 (edited) +1 Bigman told me about the serrated sleeves cracking on HD king axles, he said he filed the serrations out in order to eliminate the stress raisers. I dont think its going to cause any problems for the axle, might be worth filing the other end down though thanks for the advice lads i'll keep an eye on it, put my mind at ease a bit thought it was going to get costly Edited July 23, 2011 by old'scoolfool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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