Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:11:31 -0000
- Message No. 2393
From: Sheridan Coulter
Subject: RE: axis nuts ("Achshaltemuttern")
These are pinch bolts, they should be reasonable tight. I had a similar
bolt come loose on a bike I was racing a few years ago. Result = front
wheel can shake as the spindle has movement. Causing the pads to be
pushed back into the calliper, approach your favourite bend at high
speed only to find you have no brakes until you pump the brakes up.
Luckily I stayed on more by luck than anything.
Sheridan Coulter
Technical Project Leader
-----Original Message-----
From: Torsten Metzner [SMTP:tom@plato.uni-paderborn.de]
Sent: Thursday, March 19, 1998 10:34 AM
To: xrv@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de
Subject: (XRV) axis nuts ("Achshaltemuttern")
Dear all,
in the last week I changed a brake disc, so I extended the front
wheel.
During this I recognized, that the nuts which "holds" the axis
(in german:
Achshaltemuttern) were IMO very loose. Ok this nuts have only a
M6 thread
but should they be so loose that you can easily tighten it (in
german:
festziehen) with your little finger ? What's your experience ?
I just closed this nuts a little bit tighter.
ToM

dipper@normans.isd.uni-stuttgart.de