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08-18-12 | 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by lungimsam

I can feel it with my finger on the non-drive side.
The other side feels smooth.

Odds are it was always the same way, but the wheel was mirrored (flipped left to right) when reinstalled after the alignment. Before you do anything else try flipping it back the other way. If that solves the problem, slide out the QR skewer and reinstall it with the lever to the left.

We can go for years without mirroring front wheels because we always keep the QR lever to the left. However most mechanics remove the skewer when doing an alignment and don't think about it when replacing it, so it's 50/50 that it'll get flipped.

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