Mavic CrossRides -
Under construction

The Mavic CrossRide is a great wheel, making Shimano's stuff look like badly made out of the ark stuff (sorry that's my Opinion) but like all moving parts it does need looking at every now and again. This little bit is basically me replacing the Freehub on my Mavic CrossRides, but I think that as this involves taking the entire wheel to bits ... it might be of help to the rest off you

Things you will need

• The little tool that comes with the wheels
• 12mm Allen Key (for taking the FreeHub off)
• A long screwdriver (for knocking the bearings out)
• A hammer (To hit the long screwdriver with)

How we Go about it all

• Then you need to remove the little protection sleeve, it just pulls straight off

• This is when you need the little tool that Mavic provide with the wheel, insert a 5mm Allen key into the axle itself (nice design touch take note shimano) and then using the tool provided turn clockwise until it comes entirely off the axle (once you have it a fair way out you can do this by hand)

• Now we need to remove the bolts that hold the axle in on the hub side, still with the 5mm Allen key in the axle remove the covering bolt

• Just underneath this bolt is a little dust cover, you will need to keep this for when you put the wheel back together, you might find a second lose 'band' this is actually part of the free hub and will not be required when you put the wheel back together
• Now comes the technical bit, with a long thin screw drive, pass it through the free hub so that it rests on the bearings on the none driver side of the wheel, and gently tap, the bearings should just drop out. You need to remove these bearings even if they are OK as the Allen key to unlock the free hub will not fit through the hold. The bearings on the drive side are actually part of the freehub body and cannot be removed

• OK you should now have something that looks a bit like this

• With a 12mm Allen key undo to bolt that holds the Freehub onto the hub body. This should not be to tight as the design only uses the bolt to hold the hub in place, the rotational forces are stopped by splines on the freehub

• Take your new freehub and remove the locking bolt, place the freehub in place of the old one, put the locking nut on the inside and do it up ... you do not need to be over zealous in tightening this nut up.