Thread: Rear wheel on 1983 Peugeot shifts over and rubs on left Chain stay. Fixable?
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Old 04-24-12, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by bobotech
You do realize that you do not "tighten" a skewer down but rather just close the handle to tighten it. You only adjust the locknut to the point that it allows you to just close the handle to the point of it having a fairly strong resistance.

A skewer is NOT like a wing nut at all and should not be tightened down like a wing nut.

Also are the lock nuts on your axle serrated?
Possibility.

Are you "flipping" the lever open & closed, or spinning/rotating it like a screw ?
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