Originally Posted by
mconlonx
I commuted on a Nexus 8sp for two years with nary an issue or problem. Did the ATF soak once for service and again before I sold the bike on. I also set up a customer's bike with the JTek shifter and it worked flawlessly.
They don't come with anti-rotation washers because they can't know what kind of dropout the hub will be going into. Vertical? Horizontal? Angled?
I bet if you bought the Shimano shifter instead of the JTek, it would have come with the cable end nut. Part of the vicissitudes of going aftermarket.
If things aren't working out, you could certainly place a warranty claim. You sure you got the setup correct, with the correct routing of the cable around the hub hardware...?
I'd be with you on the anti-rotation nut rationale, except that the small parts package that I had to buy included all of the above...so why not just bundle it like that with the hub?
I'm 99% that the setup is correct. It is the first IGH I've set up, but I'm a capable mechanic, and I've read and re-read the instructions, and watched a couple of videos. It really doesn't seem that cosmic, you just need to make sure that the steps are done in the correct order.