Quote Originally Posted by smilingcat View Post
Do take apart your cluster and wash and clean.
No, you're joking, right???? Those pawls and springs and ball bearings are nearly impossible for the home mechanic to get back in place. I did it once when I was a teenager and too young to know better My understanding is the pros don't even disassemble them, they just use a grease gun to force the old dirty grease out and new clean grease in.

One could clean better than I normally do, certainly, but I can't recommend anyone take their freewheel apart! Please!