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Old 05-14-11 | 10:51 AM
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Jez
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Threading on All City axles... WTF?!

Just dished a new rear wheel using a standard 120mm All City rear hub.

It's on an old frame and in retrospect, I should've gone with 130mm to compensate for the chainline but I stuck with it and just spaced it out a bit.

Anyway, I'm left with hardly any threading on the left axle (non-drive side) and the nut has barely any room to screw on. The problem is the included All City nuts are absolute friggin MONSTERS. They're like a nut/washer combo and the threading doesn't start until about 5mm into the nut... so it barely grabs.

I tried getting a smaller nut at my LBS but they didn't have anything which would fit it. I also tried the local hardware store and no luck there either! See attached pic.

The thread is much finer than any of my other axles... Does anyone know where I can get a smaller nut which would fit?
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