Originally Posted by
chris_farley
In order to get the axle nuts snug, I've been using a 15mm wrench (on the nut itself) and grabbing just inside the non-drive side dropout with a 16mm wrench. Otherwise, things have been spinning.
Yeah, something is screwed up there. It shouldn't do that. It could be that the cones are loose as one poster said, or that you have stripped or gummed up axle threads. Take it to a bike shop if you can't figure out what's wrong because you could damage your hub riding it in its present state.