Stopped at the bike co-op the other day to swap out the cog on my 1975 SA AW (a 22 for the original 18 or 19).

Last step, re-attaching the non-drive side of the wheel: I experience the sickening feeling in which the nut tightens up, then suddenly becomes much easier to turn. The sucka is stripped!

OK. No problem. I retrieve the box of 500 axle nuts, thinking, I'll just grab a quick replacement.

10: Does nut fit? If "Yes" GOTO 30. If "No" GOTO 20.
20: Put nut in reject pile. Select new nut. GOTO 10.
30: End

I never got to 30.

After about 20 minutes of hope and denial, I searched the place for some Loctite, but found only Rubber Cement.

So I cleaned up the axle and original nut, rubber cemented it in place, and rode home.

Do I need a special nut, or am I nuts, or what?

Eric

P.S. I like the new, slightly lower gear range. Before, I spent most of my time riding my Schwinn Speedster in "1," using "2" only going down hills, or once I had the 70 lbs of steel up to speed. Now I use all three gears. Unfortunately, my wrenching seems to have introduced a periodic, chain-related {kerchunk}, which I need to investigate.

P.S.S. How long will my rubber cement hold?