Originally Posted by
SquidPuppet
UGH! I have a bike like this too. Spacing is perfect and frame is laser straight. When I attempt to tighten (after it is good and snug) the NDS nut, the axle wants climb up and forward. That is in the same direction of the wrench's force, so I figured a simple solution was to position the wrench in such a way that the force would be applied in the opposite direction of what the wheel was trying to do. It didn't make a damn bit of difference. Bizarre phenomenon. Took me about six tries to get both alignment and chain tension correct. And I use the "walk it back" technique too.
One of my other bikes is the total opposite. I can throw a wheel at the bike from accross the garage and it will slot in perfectly, snug the chain, and hold itself in place while I just blindly rip away at the nuts and it ends perfect, first time every time.
Now that's interesting, my bike in question has vertical dropouts though, so instead it shifts down and forward.. I had the same thought as you and use a ratchet wrench in my case only rotating it directly up from behind while attempting to keep the wheel itself guided in the dropout also with dismal results, I ended up throwing the bike upside down and using a wrench on each nut while I pressed the wheel down with my chest.. worked fine, not something I want to do again though.
Originally Posted by
dsbrantjr
"When I attempt to tighten (after it is good and snug) the NDS nut, the axle wants climb up and forward."
The OP states that they are using a quick release to secure the axle.
We're discussing similar problems of the non QR version in a very closely related thread is all.