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Clarification on manual hubs
21 Nov 2025 07:44 #262863
by facade
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Clarification on manual hubs
As Lambert says, they have magnets to hold them, the vacuum only moves them across (well technically, it is air pressure acting on the side without vacuum that does it, which is why both pipes have to be clear, along with the little air filter on the valve block)
If you listen, they go Click-click when they come off, and Clack-clack when they engage as they hit the magnets (I actually think there is only a magnet holding it disengaged).
If you listen, they go Click-click when they come off, and Clack-clack when they engage as they hit the magnets (I actually think there is only a magnet holding it disengaged).
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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04 Dec 2025 14:32 #262994
by facade
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Clarification on manual hubs
The hubs can go on in any position.
As long as you haven't damaged the rim on the hub nut when you unstaked it (It forms a vacuum seal against the thin oil seal in the hub) it should be ok.
Change the pipework, and before fitting it, take off the hub and make sure that you can blow through the two spigot tubes, air has to pass through the wheelbearing and hub, sometimes grease blocks one or more holes when changing the wheelbearing.
As long as you haven't damaged the rim on the hub nut when you unstaked it (It forms a vacuum seal against the thin oil seal in the hub) it should be ok.
Change the pipework, and before fitting it, take off the hub and make sure that you can blow through the two spigot tubes, air has to pass through the wheelbearing and hub, sometimes grease blocks one or more holes when changing the wheelbearing.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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