Anyone have a general idea of how often (miles) the bearing grease should usually be replaced, balls cleaned/replaced, etc. on Shimano Ultegra road hubs (6500)?
Cycling Equipment · Public discussion
Maintenance schedule for Ultegra hubs.
Thread details
What we know about this thread
- Original section
- Cycling Equipment
- Published
- 4 December 2004
- Last activity
- 4 December 2004
- Original author
- supergrill
- Posts
- 2
- Discussion status
- Public discussion
- Total views
- 976
- Views / 30 days
- 0
The navigation and discussion metadata provide context. Posts remain in their original chronological order.
-
-
supergrill said:
Anyone have a general idea of how often (miles) the bearing grease should usually be replaced, balls cleaned/replaced, etc. on Shimano Ultegra road hubs (6500)?
Depend on where you ride: rain, dirt, etc. and how much time you are wanting to maintain Vs. riding, etc.
I say at least once a year or every 10,000 miles, whichever comes first.
6500 hubs are very well protected, but if they feel "gritty" or have loosened without the locknuts moving it is time.
Active in the last 60 minutes
Active in this thread
0 users · 0 guests ·0 bots ·0 total
No signed-in users are active right now.
No known search crawlers active right now.