Joytech hub and Shimano Freehub?

[Chris Schmidt]

Does anyone know if a Shimano Freehub will work on a Joytech hub?
I have a cracked Freehub and the only replacement that I can find is all
Shimano!

Chris

[Sheldon Brown]

No, it won't work. The Joytech cassette hub uses a riveted-on ratchet
body. I'm afraid you are S.O.L....time for a new rear wheel.

You are not alone, a lot of people have been burned by this piece of
junk.

Sheldon "Looks Like Shimano, But Isn't" Brown
Newtonville, Massachusetts
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[Todd Brewer]

>Does anyone know if a Shimano Freehub will work on a Joytech hub?
>I have a cracked Freehub and the only replacement that I can find is all
>Shimano!
>

>Chris
>
>

I ran into that last year when my Joytech freehub cracked. The Shimano
freehub had a different length spindle that the Joytech freehub did (it
was also a different diameter, smaller I believe). Consequently the
spindle would not reach far enough into the hub to engage the
threads. The Joytech hub was threaded on the far side and the shimano
hub was threaded on the near side. The LBS could order me a Joytech
replacement, but in order to get back on the road in the shortest period
of time I just bought a new wheel from them which had the Shimano
hardware. I use the old "broken" wheel on the trainer in the winter
(where I don't coast so the crunchy noises aren't a problem).

Todd

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[Kristan Roberge]

Sheldon Brown <Capt...@sheldonbrown.com> wrote:

>
> Chris Schmidt wrote:
> >
> > Does anyone know if a Shimano Freehub will work on a Joytech hub?
> > I have a cracked Freehub and the only replacement that I can find is all
> > Shimano!
> >

> No, it won't work. The Joytech cassette hub uses a riveted-on ratchet
> body. I'm afraid you are S.O.L....time for a new rear wheel.
>
> You are not alone, a lot of people have been burned by this piece of
> junk.

Hey, shimano makes some junky hubs also...

And alot of manufactures share the same cassette spline pattern but
use different attachment methods as they don't want to license shimano's
patent for their freehubs.