EXTRALITE Shimano 12s Freewheel Kit Installation Guide
- June 8, 2024
- EXTRALITE
Table of Contents
Shimano 12s Freewheel Kit – installation manual
HyperBoost R – HyperRear 2 – HyperCamber 2 – Hyper JR – Hyper VR
WARNING: Execute these operations only on a well clean and well
illuminated table, you’ll have to handle delicate internal parts and tiny
springs, even small debris can compromise the freewheel engagement mechanism.
Carefully follow maintenance instructions step by step.
Schedule periodical cleaning and lubrication sessions; water and moisture
stagnant inside hub will damage bearings in few weeks.
- Left Axle End
- Axle Assembly
- Hub Body
- Floating Ring
- Freewheel Engagement Teeth
- Freewheel Body
- Right Axle End 9-10 Nm
- Bearing Spacer
- Lip Seal
- Springs
- Micro Tuner
- External OR 27×1.5
Disassembling
- Hold Left Axle End with a 17mm closed wrench (5mm hex wrench for 135mm).
- Unscrew Right Axle End with another 17mm closed wrench (5mm hex wrench for 135mm).
- Pull Freewheel Body and remove it.
- Extract Bearing Spacer.
- Remove Lip Seal from Hub Body.
- Remove Floating Ring from Hub Body, you’ll find 3 tiny springs on its back side.
- Push out Axle Assembly and completely extract it from disc side.
135mm Axle End
5mm hex wrench
142/148 Axle End
17mm closed poligonal wrench
Cleaning
8) Clean all parts (Do not use aggressive solvents).
9) Clean very carefully all Internal Splines.
Warning: even one small debris can void freewheel engagement.
Warning: carefully check hubshell Splines (see below).
Hubshell Splines Check – IMPORTANT!
Clean and degrease perfectly hubshell internal splines, all of them.
Check with eye magnifyer both the 2 rows of splines (12 + 12T) see image.
Once hub-shell internal is perfectly clean check well with eye magnifyer both
the 2 rows of splines (12 + 12T) see image. Every spline corners (clockwise
corners) should be well square and flat.
Miniumum conditions required
Install the Special Floating Ring on an hubshell with at least 12 very good
splines (1 row).
In case your hub has 24 used splines and you are not sure about it contact us
info@extralite.com providing clear close-up photo.
Potential risk
When riding HyperHubs with dirt inside the hard particles of sand can badly
grind the hubshell splines. Shortly the sand wears the hub-shell splines till
the “floating ring” will not move freely anymore. This easily causes an
uncomplete freewheel engagement and damages permanently the newly installed
freewheel parts. In this case replacing “floating ring” and/or “Freewheel
body” does not solve. The expensive hub-shell should be replaced (or
eventually sent back for re-sharpening).
For more detailed informations check HyperHubs Tips on www.extralite.com
- Internal Splines
- External Splines
Studio Riva engineering – Tel: ++39-0371-203059
info@extralite.com –
www.extralite.com
- Left Axle End
- Axle Assembly
- Hub Body
- Floating Ring
- Freewheel Engagement Teeth
- Freewheel Body
- Right Axle End 9-10 Nm
- Extralite S12 Lock-Ring 12 Nm Max Never use original Shimano Lock-Ring
- Bearing Spacer
- Lip Seal
- Springs
- Micro Tuner
- External OR 27×1.5
Lubrification and reassembling
Warning: use only very soft density grease as original Alugrease Super.
Never use medium-dense or sticky grease since can slow down Floating Ring
movement, this can destroy the freewheel mechanism! Chemical additives may
damage O-rings and Lip Seal.
- Grease Axle on bearing contact areas.
- Fill up Micro Tuner internal face with soft grease.
- Insert Axle Assembly from disc side.
- Insert Bearing Spacer.
- Oil Internal Splines of Hub Body with 1cc w10-40 motor oil, do not apply grease here.
- Apply a minimal amount of grease into spring fitting holes on Floating Ring back side, then carefully insert the 3 springs.
- Insert Floating Ring into Hubshell Internal Splines.
- Fully snap in Lip Seal (uncomplete/unaligned inserting voids its seal function).
- Check again that the 3 springs are in their correct position.
- Check that Floating Ring moves freely and quickly (press and release).
- Apply 1cc of soft grease onto Freewheel Engagement Teeth.
- Insert Freewheel, do not pinch Lip Seal.
- Tighten Right Axle End at 9-10 Nm.
- Check Preload Tuning (see below).
- Install External OR (27×1.5 oiled) between Micro Tuner and bearing.
- Lip Seal
- Floating Ring
- Springs
- Internal Splines Lube with Oil, Warning: do not apply grease
Preload Tuning
If necessary fine tune as follows.
- Install wheel into dropouts and normally lock skewer.
- If you feel play at the rim turn in Micro-Tuner (clockwise). Use a 21 mm wrench, very delicate torque and manners.
- Unscrew Micro-Tuner for ca 1/4 of turn to release excessive preload on bearing balls and achieve max rolling smoothness.
- Repeat Preload Checking and eventually slightly correct it.
- The optimal bearing preload cancels play at the rim without affecting rolling smoothness.
Warning Incorrect bearing preload can bring to serious damages:
– Too tight –> bearings damage and premature wear
– Too loose –>permanent freewheel damage
WARNING:
– Use only the supplied Extralite S12 Lock-Ring.
– Extralite freewheel body is not compatible with original Shimano Lock-Ring,
never try to use it (will damage the thread)
– Extralite S12 lock ring employs a 0.5mm thin thread and should not be
overtightened Max tightening torque 12Nm
Documents / Resources
|
EXTRALITE Shimano 12s Freewheel
Kit
[pdf] Installation Guide
Shimano 12s Freewheel Kit, Shimano 12s, Freewheel Kit
---|---