Freehub silent after service I have just picked up my bike from a full service - all parts were taken apart, cleaned, lubed etc. My ride home was really nice and quiet, and then I realised: my freehub is now completely silent.
I have read elsewhere that this could be a bad sign, and that the grease has gotten into the pawls? Should I be worried?
Any advice would be very much appreciated!
Thanks,
Ben.
This is common and not really controllable by the mechanic after freehub service. As long as it's engaging without issue it's fine. The click will work its way back eventually. Thicker lubricants cause more of this but it depends on the design of the hub as well. If too much lubricant or something too viscous was used, that's its own problem, but quieting the pawls down isn't necessarily an indication of that.