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Rohloff Internal Hub Gears / Re: ?oil leak
« Last post by mickeg on December 09, 2025, 06:06:51 PM »My hub has always had a bad leak. I have a side stand for my bike, the bike leans slightly to the left when not in use. And the leakage appears to come out of the EX box. I am pretty sure that I have a bad internal seal on my Rohloff. The exploded diagram shows a seal that keeps oil from leaking into the hollow axle for the quick release skewer. And my skewer is always covered with oil, thus I suspect that seal is what leaks on mine.
I do not understand your post, did you ride your bike and park it at work without the small screw? If so, a puddle does not surprise me.
I use blue (removable) threadlocker on my Rohloff oil screws. On this forum, Dave W. (former employee of SJS) commented that what I was using was oil soluble threadlocker and that I should use something else, but I keep using it anyway. I often put a piece of black electrical tape over the screw after I change the oil, mainly to keep the screw clean so I do not have grit inside where the Allen key goes.
I do not understand your post, did you ride your bike and park it at work without the small screw? If so, a puddle does not surprise me.
I use blue (removable) threadlocker on my Rohloff oil screws. On this forum, Dave W. (former employee of SJS) commented that what I was using was oil soluble threadlocker and that I should use something else, but I keep using it anyway. I often put a piece of black electrical tape over the screw after I change the oil, mainly to keep the screw clean so I do not have grit inside where the Allen key goes.

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