Originally Posted by
ellens.joshu
i was reinstalling the freewheel on my rear hub today after replacing a spoke. It became cross-threaded and did some slight damage to the threads on the hub. i've been tryin to re-thread it on correctly but am having trouble as now it keeps wanting to cross-thread because of the damaged threads.
anyone have any advice on how to get this threaded correctly? can i repair the thread anyway?
this is an original shimano hub from my all original 1975 Sekine SHT so i really really really don't want to have to scrap it.
thanks
Who cares.
Think about it this way. Freewheel rear, shimano hub modern double walled rims can be had for less than $50 USD MSRP. If you can't spend a little bit of time trying to thread it on correctly just buy a new wheel. Time is something you'll never ****ing get back.