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

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

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.

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

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

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

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 :)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Dude, I LOVE those diagrams of yours.

Excellent drawing and explanation.

Really, really good videos from you. Great job!

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

Nice work 💪 Keep more video's coming 📹

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Well done.

Great video! What kind of grease do you use?

very useful

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?

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.

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?

👍thank you!

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.

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

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

Thanx Broski! Pedal on Wayne...

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

Do you use a cassette spacer with the freehub?

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

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!

How to replace the springs on the hub body?

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

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?

How to repair loosen freehub body?

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

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

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

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?

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

@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

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.

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

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

excellent video. very helpful thanks.

How did u get old ones out?

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

This doesnt make sense: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-F9FnLxQPcZI.html 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.

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.