What the fuck, BSD front street hub

My friend ordered a BSD frontstreet hub to a Cinema 777 Rim and it was laced up and tightened when he got it and he didn't touch it at all and it spins for ever

I know 2 people who have the hub as well, crank down on it more than I crank down on mine & you can tap them lightly & they spin for ages. I had mine apart once, just to paint it. Paint never touched the inside where the bearings go & when I put the bearings back in, they felt brand new still. I don't get why I have the shittiest fucking luck with front hubs. It feels smooth as silk uninstalled, but tightened up it feels like asshole

sundaybmxRR wrote:

I know 2 people who have the hub as well, crank down on it more than I crank down on mine & you can tap them lightly & ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

I know 2 people who have the hub as well, crank down on it more than I crank down on mine & you can tap them lightly & they spin for ages. I had mine apart once, just to paint it. Paint never touched the inside where the bearings go & when I put the bearings back in, they felt brand new still. I don't get why I have the shittiest fucking luck with front hubs. It feels smooth as silk uninstalled, but tightened up it feels like asshole

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Take it all apart (spokes and shit, it's gonna be time consuming) and build it back up and see if it's solved

Did you try taking everything out of the hub shell and cleaning it and putting it back in?

Thats fucked up id you got a bad hub, BSDs are usually bomb proof

handlebar-to-face wrote:

Did you try taking everything out of the hub shell and cleaning it and putting it back in?

Thats fucked up id you got a bad ...more

handlebar-to-face wrote:

Did you try taking everything out of the hub shell and cleaning it and putting it back in?

Thats fucked up id you got a bad hub, BSDs are usually bomb proof

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Yeah I made sure everything was cleared out of there before putting it back together. The only thing I could think that it could be is my hub guard, it's the Animal PYN guard bore'd out to fit the BSD axle, but everything pushes together as normal & makes proper bearing contact so I don't know.

handlebar-to-face wrote:

Did you try taking everything out of the hub shell and cleaning it and putting it back in?

Thats fucked up id you got a bad ...more

handlebar-to-face wrote:

Did you try taking everything out of the hub shell and cleaning it and putting it back in?

Thats fucked up id you got a bad hub, BSDs are usually bomb proof

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sundaybmxRR wrote:

Yeah I made sure everything was cleared out of there before putting it back together. The only thing I could think that it ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Yeah I made sure everything was cleared out of there before putting it back together. The only thing I could think that it could be is my hub guard, it's the Animal PYN guard bore'd out to fit the BSD axle, but everything pushes together as normal & makes proper bearing contact so I don't know.

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take off the guard and see if it spins right?

Mikel8149 wrote:

take off the guard and see if it spins right?

Mikel8149 wrote:

take off the guard and see if it spins right?

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I feel dumb for not trying that, you're a lifesaver haha. It doesn't spin forever, but I gave it a nice spin and it spun for a good amount of time & this time I have my bolts cranked down really hard.

I wonder why it wouldn't spin with the guard though?

Guess I'm gonna have to get either those shitty BSD guards or find out who my shop deals with for Daily Grind parts for a DG chromoly guard

Just ordered 2 Daily Grind hub guards off Albes, the code "Vitalboard" still works in case anyone wants to know. got me a couple bucks off my order. Hopefully they come in soon, don't really wanna raw dog my new hub for long haha

Was the hubguard hitting the spokes...?

HardBMX_Tim wrote:

Was the hubguard hitting the spokes...?

HardBMX_Tim wrote:

Was the hubguard hitting the spokes...?

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Far from it, had a bit under 1/4 of room. maybe the guard wasn't sitting right against the bearing race or something.. But it was definitely making contact with JUST that race cause I checked the guard against a bearing.. unless it shifted or something when tightening up?

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Yeah I made sure everything was cleared out of there before putting it back together. The only thing I could think that it ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Yeah I made sure everything was cleared out of there before putting it back together. The only thing I could think that it could be is my hub guard, it's the Animal PYN guard bore'd out to fit the BSD axle, but everything pushes together as normal & makes proper bearing contact so I don't know.

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Mikel8149 wrote:

take off the guard and see if it spins right?

Mikel8149 wrote:

take off the guard and see if it spins right?

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sundaybmxRR wrote:

I feel dumb for not trying that, you're a lifesaver haha. It doesn't spin forever, but I gave it a nice spin and it spun for a ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

I feel dumb for not trying that, you're a lifesaver haha. It doesn't spin forever, but I gave it a nice spin and it spun for a good amount of time & this time I have my bolts cranked down really hard.

I wonder why it wouldn't spin with the guard though?

Guess I'm gonna have to get either those shitty BSD guards or find out who my shop deals with for Daily Grind parts for a DG chromoly guard

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magic.. lol it has to have something to do with the wrong guard isn't the pyn a rear guard or something like that? have no clue lol glad i could help.

Mikel8149 wrote:

magic.. lol it has to have something to do with the wrong guard isn't the pyn a rear guard or something like that? have no ...more

Mikel8149 wrote:

magic.. lol it has to have something to do with the wrong guard isn't the pyn a rear guard or something like that? have no clue lol glad i could help.

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Noo I'm using the front guard Animal makes. Kinda glad I'm getting the DG guards anyway. They're much bigger in diameter & have that rubber o-ring in the middle

Animal PYN honestly sucks imo. My sleeve cracked apart in under a month

HardBMX_Tim wrote:

Animal PYN honestly sucks imo. My sleeve cracked apart in under a month

HardBMX_Tim wrote:

Animal PYN honestly sucks imo. My sleeve cracked apart in under a month

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Never used it, at the time it was the ONLY chromoly front hub guard & I destroyed 2 regular aluminum guards in about a year's time so I needed something that would last.. Animal guard only has a few minor deformations

sundaybmxRR wrote:

I feel dumb for not trying that, you're a lifesaver haha. It doesn't spin forever, but I gave it a nice spin and it spun for a ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

I feel dumb for not trying that, you're a lifesaver haha. It doesn't spin forever, but I gave it a nice spin and it spun for a good amount of time & this time I have my bolts cranked down really hard.

I wonder why it wouldn't spin with the guard though?

Guess I'm gonna have to get either those shitty BSD guards or find out who my shop deals with for Daily Grind parts for a DG chromoly guard

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Mikel8149 wrote:

magic.. lol it has to have something to do with the wrong guard isn't the pyn a rear guard or something like that? have no ...more

Mikel8149 wrote:

magic.. lol it has to have something to do with the wrong guard isn't the pyn a rear guard or something like that? have no clue lol glad i could help.

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sundaybmxRR wrote:

Noo I'm using the front guard Animal makes. Kinda glad I'm getting the DG guards anyway. They're much bigger in diameter & ...more

sundaybmxRR wrote:

Noo I'm using the front guard Animal makes. Kinda glad I'm getting the DG guards anyway. They're much bigger in diameter & have that rubber o-ring in the middle

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i thought you were talking about the rear one.lol

You sure its a PYN? the PYNs are aluminum with plastic sleeve. Not crmo

HardBMX_Tim wrote:

You sure its a PYN? the PYNs are aluminum with plastic sleeve. Not crmo

HardBMX_Tim wrote:

You sure its a PYN? the PYNs are aluminum with plastic sleeve. Not crmo

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Positive. Here it is with a magnet showing it's steel



and here's the never used pc sleeve that came with it

When I had the Pitchforks w 990 mounts on my bike, the gland would rub the inside of the fork tube. Not saying its that, but if you wanna try to run that guard, put it on and slowly tighten, maybe a half turn at a time until it starts to bind. That may help you figure out if there's an area you need to remove some material from.

Huh. Well I guess its only the back ones that are aluminum lol

Off topic, but Animal is ditching the guards already i've heard. They're re doing them. And they made a crmo sleeve for the rear or something.