BA: 3t Discus C35 Pro Wheelset : Ebay : follow up thread

jamesd

To keep this out of the BA thread:

Here is the original BA
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056356968&page=477

Wheels were here:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/252487861394?_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I mailed the seller and he came back to me this morning and said UPS had not collected the wheels but he got onto them and they collected them this morning only so he says they are shipped.

jamesd

Update: Got a call from addresspal and they have my over sized parcel and it will be available for me to collect Friday.

wanderer 22

Same here, see you friday :-P

Eamonnator

jamesd wrote: »

Update: Got a call from addresspal and they have my over sized parcel and it will be available for me to collect Friday.

Will you tell us your impressions of these wheels in due course, please.

jamesd

Eamonnator wrote: »

Will you tell us your impressions of these wheels in due course, please.

Of course, I won't have a bike to try them until early Sept as waiting on canyon.

Alek

110e delivered:



My best bargain ever :D:D:D

cunavalos

I wont be able to collect mine until Monday week as i am on holidays.

I am almost disappointed i didn't order more,(I ordered two sets so the €25 oversize fee is not as bad) Definitely still a bargain.

jamesd

Did both wheels come in the one box ?

Just my father in law is collecting mine and he said "oh there is 2 wheels so the postman said he will drop them in an hour"

Alek

Yes, the original 3T product box.

I am almost disappointed i didn't order more

My thoughts :pac:

Kramer

Yes, both wheels in one box.



Thanks OP :-)

jamesd

Got my collected too.

jamesd

Did it come with a shimano free hub?

Alek

looks like Shimano to me (shallow splines, one gap wider?)

wanderer 22

Just picked up mine; nice one OP.

dahat

Arw these likely to pop up again? They look savage.

Alek

If they do, I'm getting three pairs

dahat

Alek wrote: »

If they do, I'm getting three pairs

I'm sickened.... Ah well

Eamonnator

cunavalos wrote: »

I wont be able to collect mine until Monday week as i am on holidays.

I am almost disappointed i didn't order more,(I ordered two sets so the €25 oversize fee is not as bad) Definitely still a bargain.

I don't need these, will never need them and I'm disappointed, I didn't buy a set of them. Seems to be the bargain of the century.

Unknown Soldier

dahat wrote: »

I'm sickened.... Ah well

I think these are CX/Disc brake wheels.

They better be! I nearly pulled the trigger and then noticed!

dahat

Unknown Soldier wrote: »

I think these are CX/Disc brake wheels.

They better be! I nearly pulled the trigger and then noticed!

Jesus lucky then or we could have just bought a new bike for them!

Alek

Gosh, these rims are the hardest I had to get GP4000S on....

jamesd

Seems to be a very loud freehub in them

Alek

Thats good or bad? Whats the general consensus ?

(it is loud alright!)

jamesd

Alek wrote: »

Thats good or bad? Whats the general consensus ?

(it is loud alright!)

Personal preference - I like loud. Wheels appear very good I think. Don't have a bike to use them on for another few weeks but they seem nice and light and good quality.

Alek

wanderer 22

Yeah yeah...so you had time to get off the bike and take a pic before I caught up :pac:

Alek

Careful now guys! Coming back from work (60k on the wheels) I felt the front is going a little funny / wobbly. At home I noticed that the wheel has like 3mm play left-right in the bearings!

Before this happens to you, make sure this screw its a bit tighter than how it came:



I haven't tightened this element on the rear as it is covered by the rotor, but will soon.

Technically its not really dangerous, but will wreck your bearings in a short while if you don't notice.

jamesd

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/282133016735

Eamonnator

jamesd wrote: »

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/282133016735

f***ing hell

You're really rubbing it in now.

TheTubes

I think i may have misplaced one of the QR adapters for the rear hub.
Any chance someone is using the wheels with a through axle and doesn't need the QR adapters?
Looking at the package contents I think it's WH-RDISC-8-C228

boomdocker

Hi guys

I have a set of these wheels (actually bought, unused from one of the Boardsies a few years ago)
They sat in my attic until this year , when Ive been using them for cx racing

Only have 4 races on them, - then last night doing hill intervals, the rear free hub crapped itself....

Just wondering if anyone else has had problems with these wheels, from that ebay seller?

Thinking maybe they are copies - there's no way the freehub should fail like that after a few spins...

Alek

What happened exactly?

I've found (the hard way) that both hubs required tightening but were running just fine after this.

There is a counter-clockwise locking screw around the axle on the rear, on the freehub side, that likes to get undone and loosens the freehub so pawls may disengage. If you were riding like this it may be damaged, but there is a chance that the freehub just needs to be reinstalled and the locking screw tightened. You can also put a thick o-ring between it and the QR cap, to stop it from becoming undone.

Hopefully this makes sense

boomdocker

Alek - what you describe seems like exactly what happened..

Doing hill intervals on grassy bank, first thought I was spinning out - so once I realised I wasn't, figured it was the freehub
And my conclusion was that somehow the pawls had disengaged - so i'd say you're right

I can;t see the locking screw you mention though, where is it exactly?

Alek

When you remove the cassette, it's directly under the lockring. Looks like a black, rounded, hexagonal or square-ish nut that sits on the axle.

boomdocker

mmm

don;t see anything apart from the end cap which pulls off by hand? Don't see anything to tighten?

see photo at link below

https://www.dropbox.com/s/rf06jzs3ori5img/media-share-0-02-04-000df9304948df66c86373c78c599dc638ea6e815ef06ab24dcd74f5564b615a-4912bffc-dae3-4cc5-af2f-88c89f8f8dea.jpg?dl=0

Alek

Can't see the dropbox link at work, but it sits just behind the end cap...

Ok, found something:

Alek

You should be able to reach and tighten it with flat pliers. Mind it tightens counter-clockwise!

boomdocker

Ok - thanks - I'll keep looking

boomdocker

Thanks Alek - looks to me like that may be missing - perhaps that's my problem

Alek

How is the frehub staying in place then? With this bit removed, it just slides in an out the axle on my wheel...

boomdocker

well it's not - thats the problem - i can pull the freehub about 5-10mm out by hand

Does the part you are talking about cover the bearing? I can see the bearing when I look down on the hub

Alek

Yup. Good luck finding the spare part

On the other hand, I can imagine you could replace it with a nylon / alu / rubber tube that would fit over the axle and connect the end cap with the freehub. A little play there should be ok, at least to my DIY-engineering brain

Otherwise, I'll be happy to get the broken wheelset of you for a symbolic half price you've paid :P

Alek

This is the freehub locking ring, visible after the cassette lockring and end cap is removed:



Also, I use a piece of rubber between this ring and the end cap, to prevent it from loosening. Its just a random yoke from the parts bin, even a rubber band will work.




If the freehub is loose even when this ring seems to be tight, check the axle locking ring on other side of the hub!

boomdocker

Thanks!

boomdocker

So....

Having stripped, cleaned and lubed and re-assembeld the hub three times, with the same syptoms re-appearing each time, with the help of a buddy finally figured out what the problem was..

So it appears that the teeth insert has broken its bond with the hub shell and is turning - apparently a known problem with some Mavic hubs

So the hub is f***ed after 4 races....

I'm going to try to get a replacement from 3T , but given the purchase history, probably a long shot - so looks like a rebuild job.

Alek

Ah bugger... Sorry to hear. If you are going to replace the hub, can I have dibs on the broken one?

boomdocker

Yes Alek, I'll keep you posted

Note, the hub is perfect, it's the hub shell that's the problem..