Old 03-05-12 | 08:59 AM
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Originally Posted by ljsense
4 mm of axle is more than enough. You're fine.
+1 No problem. In fact it's safe to respace A 126 mm OLD hub to 130 mm by just adding spacers under the NDS locknut and recentering the original axle. That reduces axle protrusion to 3 to 3.5 mm per side and works fine.
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