Tool Free Hubs

[vulpes_vulpes]

I'm looking to find a list of hubs that can be serviced without special tools, specifically hubs that can have a cassette body pulled off with the driver body by hand.

Hubs I know of include: Dt-Swiss and Hope. Any others?

[B@se]

'oi Foxxy. Bontrager hubs have the same setup as DT. The spare parts are the same as rglhe 240 series in most cases

Bas

[Kiwi Pete]

Hi
Tool free hub's?
There are a lot made but a few stand out

DT Swiss

Hope

Some Sram

etc

 

[gregclimbs]

what do you mean by serviced? You mean the freehub body removed and/or replaced/swapped? Any true service is going to require tools.

My go to hubs (in order of general preference, but sometime different for various reasons):

king
dt
hope

honorable mentions for campy and shimano for having high quality loose ball hubs.

g

[jeremy11]

DT

[vulpes_vulpes]

what do you mean by serviced? You mean the freehub body removed and/or replaced/swapped?
g

Yeah I am referring to the ability to access the bearings. A better question would be - What hubs can I service using just the tools I carry with me (loose Allen kit, torx for discs, etc.) the DT hubs are indeed serviceable under this example as long as you carry extra bearings.

[jeremy11]

I've put over 10,000 miles on a DT rear hub, and 1000s of miles on a couple other DT rear hubs. The bearings I've never had to service...
If you did need to service them you'd probably have to pull the bearings and press in new ones, but that's the same with any sealed bearing hub I would think.
But you could probably ride 20,000 miles on a single set of bearings, and that would take you all the way around the world.

[vulpes_vulpes]

Wow that's a solid review if I've ever heard one. I think I could properly press a bearing without a press kit/ properly sized wrench head but then again with reviews like that it's hard to justify carrying a rebuild kit no matter the length of a journey

[Kiwi Pete]

Well service the freewheel and replace wheels bearing on the road side I have found and used only one hub and that is a Phil Wood hubset.

I'm at this time using a DT Swiss 350 rear hub because of the low cost (was in my work place hub box new but with a few marks)

We service a lot of DT Swiss hubs and they are good, last a load of miles of riding, But to replace one of the wheel bearings you have to use a DT Swiss hub service tool.
I have used a number of Chris King hubs too and build light but strong.
But to do a full service on a Chris king freehub you need a full CK service kit

UK made Hope hub's are strong well made and easy to service and rebuild with standard bike shop tool.

All the best with your hub hunt  

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