http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Tag: freehub lubrication - Recent Topics en Wed, 13 May 2026 05:53:05 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=14216#post-177788 Wed, 14 Jan 2015 11:58:24 +0000 Mandopicker101 177788@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>Before doing anything potentially harmful, I thought I'd canvass opinion from the CCE hivemind. </p> <p>I have a problem with my rear wheel, a Mach 1 CFX that's about 1 year old. I got this purely because LBS swapped my other rear wheel (Mach1 Omega) as a warranty failure. The wheel is fitted with a fairly new 9 speed cassette on it. I cleaned the drivetrain last night and pay it regular attention.</p> <p>The problem I'm having is that this morning I don't seem to be able to freewheel. Bike rides smoothly, shifts nicely, no grindy-grindy noises. However, stop pedalling and I'm getting a ton of chain-suck.</p> <p>I nipped into a bike shop near work and he reckoned the freehub pawls are clogged with grime etc and blasting it with PTFE lube might work. Otherwise its disassembly time (and as I lack the tools, this might be tricky). He duly squirted a good blast of lube into the cassette and it improved (a little).</p> <p>However....having previously read here that PTFE Lubricants = Death (to bicycle parts), I thought that for once it might be worth pausing for thought before doing anything rash.</p> <p>Grateful for advice... </p>