As I mentioned in my last post, my Schlumpf hub is beginning to make a bit of noise and is feeling less smooth. It's a sealed system and I there's not a lot of maintenance I can do on it, but today I inspected it.
First I took my wheel off my frame so I could spin the bearings by hand. I immediately noticed how dirty things looked.
Wanting to clean things up, I removed my cranks:
After going at it with Q-tips, a toothbrush, and paper towels, things look much better:
But unfortunately after turning the axle and bearings by hand, I confirmed that the issues were internal and there was little I could do. It sounds and feels like bearing issues to me. It doesn't matter whether I'm in high gear or not. It has a 5 year warranty, so I have many years left. It probably makes the most sense to just keep riding it until the bearings get worse and can no longer be ridden.
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