The indestructable Shimano XT Rear Hub

[RideMonkey]

What a marvel of engineering. Let me try to sum up where my XT hub has been:

I have owned it for 7 years.

It has done 3 tours on a MTB fully loaded with gear:
1100 miles from Eugene Oregon to Bozeman Montana.
350 miles through north-central Oregon.
600 miles from Moab to Steamboat Springs Colorado

It lived 4 years of its life in the Willamette valley of Oregon. It rode all winter in extremely wet conditions year after year.

It was in a fire in my garage (still half black)

Has done thousands of miles of off road riding.

Recently did the White Rim, Porcupine Rim, and Poison Spider Mesa in Moab.

Survived a drunken episode where I tried to ride it into a dumpster.

Will nothing stop it? I fear that if XT hubs turned against the human race, it would be over for us!

[DaveW]

Well your getting better mileage form it than I did.
my last xt rear hub lasted 5 months.
Since then I've used Hope titamium disc hub's Which have lasted 3 years so far With only Zero serviceing I havent serviced it cause its still spinning so sweet. If it aint broke ..ect.

[muddywolf]

hey Chiefmonkey,
how many times have you repacked that thing?
whated the grease look like after the fire?

[Phreaddy]

Even the LX hubs are great. I rode the same pair for five years, without a single rebuild, or even a repack. They still spin as smoothly as the day I bought the bike, and I only stopped using them because I wore the rims' braking surfaces too thin, and just bought whole new wheel sets. On my first mountainbike, a 91 Cannondale with Suntour components, I had to repack those puppies several times a season.

[RideMonkey]

I think that I have repacked that hub once or twice.... I can't even remember the last time. I did'nt even repack it after it burned.