Originally Posted by
joejack951
When you say the 'cone is too tight' are you referring to part
#12 ? From the appearance of things,
#12 gets tightened to a fixed stopping point to set the bearing preload for the freehub. That stopping point is adjustable with those shims. Is your freehub tight or is the axle tight in the hub? Or both?
Regardless, if you have
#16 , measure it and find/make shims to match. Just note that if
#16 is steel, you likely don't want to use aluminum for your shims. I have a Uniglide freehub somewhere that I can disassemble if you are truly stuck. Might take me a few days.
Yes,
#12 adjusts too tight. I am also assuming that the thin aluminum would shear, compress or not be very usable in this case with the forces on it as I think about it more.