Today's Forum Topics
Set as homepage
|
View
New Forum Topics Today's Forum Topics Set as homepage |
 |
|
|||||||
| |
||||
Welcome to CyclingForums.com You are currently viewing our website as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions. You will have to register before you can post to this thread. By joining our free online community you will have access to post new topics, communicate privately with other cyclingforums.com members (PM), respond to polls, upload photos and access other special features like product reviews and classifieds. |
|
|
Thread Tools | Search this Thread | Display Modes |
04-05.-2004, 05:27 AM
|
#16 |
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: How to fix slipping rear skewer?
> In article <1Udkc.2987$sK3.2108@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>,
> "HardwareLust" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: >>My rear skewer (2002 Ultegra) refuses to stay put. Ned Mantei wrote: > The cam of the quick release might need a drop of oil to prevent > binding when closing it. I second that suggestion. Maybe flush it out with a bit of WD40, let it dry overnight, then add a drop of oil. I've only seen this problem with MTBs used in yucky conditions and minimal maintenance, so it seems like an unlikely culprit in this case. But it can't hurt to try. -- Dave dvt at psu dot edu |
|
|
05-05.-2004, 04:15 PM
|
#17 |
|
Guest
Posts: n/a
|
Re: How to fix slipping rear skewer?
In article <c769vn$lsc$1@f04n12.cac.psu.edu>, dvt <dvt_spam@psu.edu>
wrote: >> In article <1Udkc.2987$sK3.2108@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>, >> "HardwareLust" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote: >>>My rear skewer (2002 Ultegra) refuses to stay put. > >Ned Mantei wrote: >> The cam of the quick release might need a drop of oil to prevent >> binding when closing it. > >I second that suggestion. Maybe flush it out with a bit of WD40, let it >dry overnight, then add a drop of oil. I've only seen this problem with >MTBs used in yucky conditions and minimal maintenance, so it seems like >an unlikely culprit in this case. But it can't hurt to try. In my case the skewer was almost new. I doubt that the manufacturer (Sachs) had ever applied oil. Incidentally, this was a 1997 Sachs Quarz hub, which I ordered on a new bike. It seemed a way to avoid having to disassemble, clean, and regrease the hubs every year. You may know about how Shimano rear hubs are held together with a hollow bolt that takes a 10 mm Allen wrench. It turned out that the Sachs hub of 1997 used a press fit! After about 2 years the two halves came apart and I could never again get them to stay together. Now have an LX hub in back. On the other hand, the front Sachs hub still works fine despite 7 years and ca. 25,000 km without servicing. -- Ned Mantei Department of Cell Biology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology CH-8093 Zurich, Switzerland |
|
|
Linear Mode
