Lockring help please...
12-06-07, 07:28 PM
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Lockring help please...
What's the best way to secure the cog and lock ring so I can skitch downhill worry free. I tried to lock it on yesterday but coming home from a show I spun it off sliding to slow for a 90 degree turn. Just started running no brakes and really don't want to go back because I feel there is a freedom achieved with this form of riding. Not looking for a flamo thread on brakeless riding, just how to make my cog bombproof n place.
12-06-07, 07:34 PM
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Buy a lockring wrench.
Or take a flat head screwdriver, put it in one of the little spaces, and tap the end of the screwdriver with a hammer. That's what I did, and it's on there pretty ridiculously tight.
Or take a flat head screwdriver, put it in one of the little spaces, and tap the end of the screwdriver with a hammer. That's what I did, and it's on there pretty ridiculously tight.
12-06-07, 07:42 PM
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no no. you can't get anywhere the tightness that you do with a lockring wrench. I stripped a hub because my ex-shop did it that way. just do it right because that's an important part you don't cut corners with.
12-06-07, 07:48 PM
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1. grease cog threads, use a chainwhip or the rotafix method to tighten it very firmly
2. grease lockring threads, use a lockring wrench to tighten the **** out of it.
3. go for a ride up a hill and mash down on your cog. don't use any backpressure to stop.
4. tighten lockring again.
2. grease lockring threads, use a lockring wrench to tighten the **** out of it.
3. go for a ride up a hill and mash down on your cog. don't use any backpressure to stop.
4. tighten lockring again.
12-06-07, 08:01 PM
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Use rotafix, well unless you have a really nice frame and don't want to scratch it up or something.
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1. grease cog threads, use a chainwhip or the rotafix method to tighten it very firmly
2. grease lockring threads, use a lockring wrench to tighten the **** out of it.
3. go for a ride up a hill and mash down on your cog. don't use any backpressure to stop.
4. tighten lockring again.
2. grease lockring threads, use a lockring wrench to tighten the **** out of it.
3. go for a ride up a hill and mash down on your cog. don't use any backpressure to stop.
4. tighten lockring again.
12-07-07, 08:37 AM
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Harsh people. I said I was not looking for flames on this one, simply answers. So here it is, I have every tool in the book including a lockring and only one person seemed to care enough to actually lay it on the line with the mash up the hill with no back pressure then tighten the lockring a second time. Thanks for the help and for the record I read every word of the manual so take the cheap shots and attitude somewhere else.
12-07-07, 09:03 AM
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Harsh people. I said I was not looking for flames on this one, simply answers. So here it is, I have every tool in the book including a lockring and only one person seemed to care enough to actually lay it on the line with the mash up the hill with no back pressure then tighten the lockring a second time. Thanks for the help and for the record I read every word of the manual so take the cheap shots and attitude somewhere else.
12-07-07, 09:04 AM
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12-07-07, 09:20 AM
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Yeah you really got off easy. As I read this thread I did not LOL once, I was kind of disappointed, since the main reason I read it was because I though it would be funny – I thought for sure you were setting yourself up to get burned.
12-07-07, 09:24 AM
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Harsh people. I said I was not looking for flames on this one, simply answers. So here it is, I have every tool in the book including a lockring and only one person seemed to care enough to actually lay it on the line with the mash up the hill with no back pressure then tighten the lockring a second time. Thanks for the help and for the record I read every word of the manual so take the cheap shots and attitude somewhere else.
Also, if you have to ask questions like this, you shouldn't be riding brake-less.
12-07-07, 11:00 AM
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Harsh people. I said I was not looking for flames on this one, simply answers. So here it is, I have every tool in the book including a lockring and only one person seemed to care enough to actually lay it on the line with the mash up the hill with no back pressure then tighten the lockring a second time. Thanks for the help and for the record I read every word of the manual so take the cheap shots and attitude somewhere else.
well you missed the part about tightening lockrings and not looking like an idiot, huh?
don't try and act all snarky here pal, you're the one who came in asking a dumb question and it's not up to you to decide if flaming will happen or not.
12-07-07, 01:33 PM
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Harsh people. I said I was not looking for flames on this one, simply answers. So here it is, I have every tool in the book including a lockring and only one person seemed to care enough to actually lay it on the line with the mash up the hill with no back pressure then tighten the lockring a second time. Thanks for the help and for the record I read every word of the manual so take the cheap shots and attitude somewhere else.
And are you really planning on skitching downhill?
12-07-07, 01:37 PM
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12-07-07, 02:20 PM
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Harsh people. I said I was not looking for flames on this one, simply answers. So here it is, I have every tool in the book including a lockring and only one person seemed to care enough to actually lay it on the line with the mash up the hill with no back pressure then tighten the lockring a second time. Thanks for the help and for the record I read every word of the manual so take the cheap shots and attitude somewhere else.
Maybe you need a little upper body strength?
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12-07-07, 02:50 PM
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he was responding to my advice.
i can get on without resorting to mashing up hills, too. but when it comes to people who don't necessarily seem like they've got a whole lot of experience feeling how tight things need to be, it never hurts to be certain. does it?
12-07-07, 03:08 PM
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Certainly. But does a competent bike mechanic go mashing. You can get a lot more torque on the cog and lockring using the proper tools and maybe a short piece of pipe.
Grease it, tighten it, check it.
To me, having to resort to gimimicks seems that maybe we're working with sub-par components.
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