Originally Posted by
dabac
In the first pic you can see that the outside face of that bushing is serrated/knurled/textured/whatever, that's a sure sign that it's meant to go against the inside face of the drop out, where a locknut would go on a cup & cone hub. If your hub uses cartridge bearings you don't really need locknuts, although something fulfilling that function might be handy to keep parts together off the bike.
Everything works fine when I install the wheel. Just that I've never seen a wheel just slide apart like this. But like you said, this wheel has cartridge bearings from what I was told when purchasing the bike. Another mechanic had told me this wheel has an ez bearing cartridge replacement system, maybe this is part of it. I look at the bushing for threads or some sort of locking method and come up with nothing. No signs of a broken part, damaged edges or any sign of defect. That's why I was thinking it's made that way, just different since it's Bonti and not a Shimano.
It does presss against the dropout and stays in place no problem, just thought there might have been something wrong.
Thanks for any help.
