Bike maintenance for dummies.
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Jun 2025
9:51am, 22 Jun 2025
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RunningRonnie
Ordered a new axel that will take the bike trailer and the instructions state "The thread pattern must match Hold them side by side and make sure they line up exactly." I take it this is not matching as their thread is longer than the existing? Will this work or should we wait for them to get back to us? We have emailed them and they have a good exchange policy if it's wrong. |
Jun 2025
10:45am, 22 Jun 2025
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Northern Exile
I would say not. The thread itself looks correct, but the machined/supported area of the axle is not long enough, you would potentially have the threaded area in a load-bearing location.
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Jun 2025
11:08am, 22 Jun 2025
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jacdaw
Are they both the same overall length?
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Jun 2025
11:30am, 22 Jun 2025
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RunningRonnie
The new one is longer, but the old one is within the measurements. The new one says 163-183 mm and the old one is within that.
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Jun 2025
11:36am, 22 Jun 2025
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RunningRonnie
Old is 169 I think
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Jun 2025
1:12pm, 22 Jun 2025
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RunningRonnie
Company has replied saying it's not an issue
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Aug 2025
12:49pm, 2 Aug 2025
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jacdaw
Can anybody recommend a good value / good quality torque wrench (for bikes, obvs.)?
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Aug 2025
3:29pm, 2 Aug 2025
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Northern Exile
Assuming you want a small(ish) one then I don't think you can go too far wrong with the X-Tools model, accurate, reasonable quality and not too expensive. I think mine goes up to about 20nm which is plenty for most bike jobs, I have a girt big one for stuff like bottom bracket removal but it's for car work mainly.
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Aug 2025
3:31pm, 2 Aug 2025
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Northern Exile
p.s. if you want something posher, I'm told the Lexivon tools are excellent.
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Aug 2025
5:04pm, 2 Aug 2025
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jacdaw
I was looking at the Topeak and the Park tools. Park is a bit annoying as although the wrench is £80+ you don't get any bits, and the bit set (made in China!) includes 7 sockets I can't think of any use for, for £50 https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/park-tool-sbs12-socket-bit-set/. The Topeak is a full set for about £120. tweekscycles.com Lexivon is now a third option, for about £80. |
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