Rear wheel play after bumpy ride

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10-21-18 | 03:46 PM

raria

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Rear wheel play after bumpy ride

Did a five-mile stretch on rutted gravel and found lots of play in back wheel only see attached video. Can move wheel back and forth in hand very easily

10-21-18 | 08:59 PM

raria

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Solved it. Bizzare

The lock nuts were shaken loose I guess.

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Did a five-mile stretch on rutted gravel and found lots of play in back wheel only see attached video. Can move wheel back and forth in hand very easily

10-21-18 | 09:05 PM

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If a threaded fitting that's within the axle nuts/QR skewer came loose it means that they weren't tight enough to begin with. So an axle lock nut or cone that loosens or moves on the axle speaks top poor assembly/tuning. Are you sure this is what happened? Andy

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