Originally Posted by
PennStan
Thanks. Some of these have been checked but i'll check again. Gruppo, is that the spacing from dropout to dropout?
The springs seem so insignificant compared to the forces involved with this connection. What is their role?
Greenfieldja explained the role of the springs well..
The reason I mentioned them is that they need to be installed in the right orientation so that the QR nut doesn't bottom on the compressed spring against the tip of the axle, or the QR's force won't go toward clamping the dropout but may instead simply compress against the axle directly.
This is why AL1943 mentioned the length of the axle protruding into the dropout, if it's too long then ther may not be enough room for the spring and the QR nut starts compressing the fully-compressed spring against the end of the hollow axle itself, so the QR won't exert full clamping force on the dropout.