Originally Posted by
CMcMahon
Terrible advice. With threaded pegs, only install the peg, because it takes the place of the axle nut. Putting a nut between the peg and dropout gives the peg extra leverage.
Don't apply grease between the peg and dropout, because that's just going to induce axle creep via lubrication of a surface that's already sliding.
Flip the bike over, step on the back tire, and tighten down the non-peg side enough so that it's somewhat locked, then pull back on the peg to straighten the wheel out while tightening that side all the way down, and then lock out the non-peg side.
edit: Do they even have threaded pegs on anything but Walmart bikes anymore?
Thanks, that makes sense. I want the inner surface of the peg to bite into the outer surface of the dropout, not "roll" along it's length. Kinda funny that I didn't even think about taking advantage of the leverage a peg offers to hold a wheel in position while tightening the nuts.
We had a TON of pegs on boxes. The previous bike tech avoided installing them either because they were a pain, or because they made the bikes harder to put in and take out of the display racks. We had far more unthreaded pegs than threaded.