Kindernay VII IGH and HYSEQ Onesie shifter

[Deacon Blues]

I don't know if it's my imagination or that my Kindernay hub is getting progressively noisier.
Here's a video-does the hub sound noisy, or normal?
The hub has less than a 1000 miles on it and the oil was recently changed. No oil leak.
This is my second hub. The first one was replaced under warranty (leaking).

 

[ava1ar]

I don't know if it's my imagination or that my Kindernay hub is getting progressively noisier.
Here's a video-does the hub sound noisy, or normal?

Mine get noisier as soon as most of oil leaks, which happens withing few weeks after each refill. How long ago did you refill yours? Do you have any leaks from hub?

 

[Deacon Blues]

It's been at least six months since my last drain/re-full, but I didn't think the fluid was low because I've only ridden the bike a handful of times since the re-fill and I haven't noticed any leaking. After the first hub leaking problem I check after every ride.
Something to think about, though, so I'll drain the hub again and do a re-fill. It will be interesting to see how much fluid drains out.

The hub still shifts fine, it's just noisy.

 

[TPEHAK]

It does sound noisier than mine or maybe this is just microphone pics the sound this way.

Mine is leaking.

 

[Deacon Blues]

I think that eventually every Kindernay hub will leak and that's probably the reason they went out of business-they could solve the leaking problem.

 

[TPEHAK]

I think my Kindernay VII sounds as loud as yours when it is freewheeling in the air and it feels quite when I ride it.

 

[Deacon Blues]

It was making a hell of a racket on the next to last couple of rides-enough that other riders in my riding group commented on the noise.
Interestingly, on the next ride, after washing the bike, the diff didn't make nowhere near as much noise.
No idea why.