Bike Tips - All you need to know about Nankai freecoasters.

Any flatlander is going to want to ride with a freecoaster, so why not go for one which works. The Odyssey and Haro ones seem to crap out quickly and are very heavy, so why not get a nankai freecoaster. When you first get it, it gets loose after a day. To fix this, you are going to want to take the wheel off your bike, now take off the lock nuts. You will see a large nut on one side and a thin cone of the other side (driver side.) So take an adjustable wrench and hold the large nut in place, then put take a nankai cone wrench and tighten the cone on the driver side. You shouldn't over tighten it, or the wheel won't spin, and under tightening it would keep it loose and wobbly and could destroy some parts inside the hub. SO now you have tightened it, and it feels snug but the wheel still spins, time to put the lock nuts back on. These tighten right onto the cone and the large nut, so tighten them on as tightly as you can, because these lock the other nuts in place . Now you can put the wheel back on your bike and hopefully it works. If it is too tight, the wheel won't spin, so check again just to make sure, and try to move the wheel left and right while it is on your bike, if it doesn't move, it is good. Every few months, or even weeks for some, you should take you wheel off, and re-grease it. To do this, first you want to do is get a lot of clean rags, and some lubricant. Now hold down the large nut on the non-driver side and then loosen the cone. Take the cone all the way out and place it on a rag, be sure not to loose any bearings that are in here and as you take the parts out, make sure you keep them in order so you know how to put them back. Now, with your hand, loosen the one piece driver until it comes out, and place it on a rag too, making sure not to loose any bearings in the process. You should now see set of bearings in the hub, take them out but remember which way they are facing so that you can easily put them back in later. No, while holding onto the axle and nut at the bottom of the wheel, lift the wheel off, which should now have an empty hub shell. You can put the axle with all its parts down on a rag for now, but once again, do not lose any bearings. Now with another rag, clean out the whole hub shell so that there is no dirt or dust in it. Next, take all the parts off the axle, remembering which way they were facing, and clean each off. Also clean the axle. Now open up the lube and put some on your each part, and get all the parts covered. Make sure to get the bearings covered too. Now put them all back on the axle and slip the axle into the bottom of the wheel. You should now put some grease on the set of bearings which goes in the hub, and then place it there. now put a lot of grease in the one piece driver, where the bearings are, then put it on the hub, tightening it all the way. Put some more grease on the cone and tighten it onto the axle, remembering to not make it too loose or too tight. And when you think you have it right, tighten the lock nuts onto it and go test it on your bike. Every time you re-grease your hub, you should check the parts to make sure nothing is bent or that you are missing any bearings. If you are, you should purchase a replacement at flatlandfuel. (a replacement part such as the clutch or some bearings.) If you ever need to replace an axle, just do the same thing for the re-greasing but when you take everything off the old axle, put them back onto the new. Every time you open up your hub, you should re-grease it because dust will inevitably get it. IF you have a lot of slack in your freecoaster or if it is acting as a direct drive you should take it apart and check for broken/bent parts and make sure that everything is in the right order and noting is backwards. When freecoasters work they are a lot of fun and can make a lot of tricks easier.