Easton Updates Bearing Design for Mountain Bike Wheels, Free Upgrade for All

great to hear. that has been the single most complaint… or problem… from customers. Easton’s share price just went up by 10

that a nice way of saying RECALL

my havocs have been bulletproof from my sloppy riding style and frequent beatdowns for 3+ years. i’ll gladly take an upgrade for free. easton haters stfu

Need help determining if your wheels are do for the upgrade? Here’s a tech bulletin describing what to look for. http://p.vitalmtb.com/uploads/404/M1_Spacer_Easton_tech_bulletin_03052013.pdf

@ESB, we’re truly sorry to hear that you’ve had some bad experiences with your Haven Carbon wheels. Did you send them to our Wheel Service Center for service? You are a great candidate for the new M1 Bearing Spacer Upgrade Kit. Contact us at WheelInfo@eastonbellsports.com and we’ll get it out to you.

@whoa, it is up to you when to make the upgrade. Many riders haven’t had any trouble and will choose to leave their wheels as is. Ordering the Upgrade Kit is as simple as sending an email and the installation takes about 15 minutes.

@Hell nah, Recalls happen when the Consumer Product Safety Commission (a government agency) deems a product unsafe. Bearing durability is in no way a safety issue. This is a positive situation–we’ve updated our wheels in a way that dramatically improves bearing durability (this is normal product evolution). Instead of telling our customers that their wheels have become obsolete, we’re offering an Upgrade Kit (for free, by the way). At Easton Cycling, we appreciate and respect our customers. So we’re picking up the tab on these Upgrade Kits.

I received the bearing kit for my Haven Carbon wheels (very quickly I might add) and after installation there is now play in the hub that cannot be removed. So much for this being an upgrade. It is also worth noting that the threads on my hub axle for the preload cap are standard right hand threads so I had to use the original cap and could not use the replacement cap which has left hand threads. It seems odd that there would be different versions of the axle. In any case I now need to remove the new bearing sleeve so the preload can again be set to remove the play. Of course the preload cap will continually loosen (which is why I installed the upgrade) but this is solved by using Loctite on the threads which was my solution the first time around.

Just wondering about the hub on my Easton EA90 XC 2012. On the hub I can read M1-220. According to http://www.eastoncycling.com these hubs can only be used in configuration 135x10mm QR, but mine is 142×12 through axle. I didn’t modify anything, I got it from chainreactioncycles.com. Can I apply the upgrade kit? Thx!

i just bought a set of haven carbons with an m120 rear hub.

i called easton and was told that my hubs would be replaced under warranty as long as i had my receipt. i’m just going to ride it and see how it goes. but all you m120 guys, try giving them a call again..

bonjour j ai des problemes de roulements avec un easton ea90xc comment faire pour avoir le kit de modernisation des roulements ar , une adresse ?? une solution ??? merci

well its been just over a year, and ive had mega sh*t with my hubs, as i said above it was ok, it didnt last long. ive send my wheel back to Easton, the product support is great, i just want to ride without the worry. There seams to be a major engineering flaw in this 221 hub.
i spend more time with issues than riding. i think im moving onto Maviccrossmax ST. i cannot find a long tm review of any easton wheel with the M1 221 hub. it cannot be good. im out!

i recently bought this ea90 xc wheelset and using it for 3days now here in philippines. im very much concerned for the possible problems to be encountered in the future since there are limited supply of easton parts and accessories here. for easton cycling : can you still provide us here in the philippines with your free bearing upgrade kit?