Hub slop has been a problem with the recent batch of KH unicycles.
There seems to have been some quality control problems on that batch.
You've got three choices
1) Contact Unicycle.com and find out if they will replace or repair the
wheel
2) Send the wheel to Darren Bedford to fix
3) Fix it yourself
You can find out about sending it back to Unicycle.com, but you'll end
up with some down time as you're waiting for things to ship back and
forth.
Darren Bedford has fixed a bunch of KH hubs. I'm sure he can fix yours
if you send it to him. But again, you'll end up with some down time as
you're waiting for things to ship back and forth.
You can fix it yourself. It isn't hard to do. A little JB Weld epoxy
will fix it. Or Darren Bedford may know of something other than epoxy
that will work better.
I recently fixed my Profile hub. It was experiencing axle slop. The
Profile is similar to, but not the same as the KH hub. They both have
an axle press fit in the hub body. The Profile uses a single keyway and
two Woodruff keys. The KH uses six keyways and a splined axle. Steve
Howard put up a gallery of a 'Dissected KH Hub'
(http://gallery.unicyclist.com/KH_hub)
I just made a gallery of my 'Dissected Profile Hub'
(http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Profile_hub) along with a description of
the repair process.
The repair process isn't all that hard, but it does require some special
tools. If I had a KH hub with slop I'd fix it myself rather than
sending it back.
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