A customer brought in a Zonda rear wheel for inspection.
They wanted a full inspection.
The hub shaft with freewheel body was removed when I received it,
so I reassembled it before inspection.
The customer mentioned the hub rotation felt heavy,
but after adjusting the bearing cone, it actually has minimal resistance and feels quite smooth.
I didn't see the original state before the hub shaft was removed,
but I can confirm the parts themselves are fine.
There's a slight centering offset on the freewheel side—about the thickness of a sheet of paper—
and a faint lateral wobble as well,
so there might be a position where you could find perfect centering if you looked hard enough.
This was originally a fairly tight build, so I first shifted it slightly toward the freewheel side
with tighter adjustments, then centered it by tightening the non-freewheel side nipples.
There aren't any loose nipples now, even slightly,
so overall tension has increased just a bit across the whole wheel.
They wanted a full inspection.
The hub shaft with freewheel body was removed when I received it,
so I reassembled it before inspection.
The customer mentioned the hub rotation felt heavy,
but after adjusting the bearing cone, it actually has minimal resistance and feels quite smooth.
I didn't see the original state before the hub shaft was removed,
but I can confirm the parts themselves are fine.
There's a slight centering offset on the freewheel side—about the thickness of a sheet of paper—
and a faint lateral wobble as well,
so there might be a position where you could find perfect centering if you looked hard enough.
This was originally a fairly tight build, so I first shifted it slightly toward the freewheel side
with tighter adjustments, then centered it by tightening the non-freewheel side nipples.
There aren't any loose nipples now, even slightly,
so overall tension has increased just a bit across the whole wheel.