http://explodedhub.bostonbiker.org/2009/07/25/month-4-update-my-biggest-wrenching-screw-up-to-date/ a beginner bicycle mechanic's blog Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:13:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://explodedhub.bostonbiker.org/2009/07/25/month-4-update-my-biggest-wrenching-screw-up-to-date/comment-page-1/#comment-269 Ted Tue, 28 Jul 2009 19:30:10 +0000 http://explodedhub.bostonbiker.org/2009/07/25/month-4-update-my-biggest-wrenching-screw-up-to-date/#comment-269 So here's something to dissuade your fears, or maybe even make you more paranoid for the future. Those bolt on skewers seem to have pretty soft threads that can get munched up or stripped quite easily... especially if you over tighten it in the least. You can feel like you've tightened it perfectly, but if it was munched at all beforehand it'll just slip out and throw the wheel out of the dropouts. Might have been the customer overtightening their wheel or a strong handed wrench before you. I always pull the nut side off and check out the threads, then clean and grease and tighten it to what I know is right... So here’s something to dissuade your fears, or maybe even make you more paranoid for the future. Those bolt on skewers seem to have pretty soft threads that can get munched up or stripped quite easily… especially if you over tighten it in the least. You can feel like you’ve tightened it perfectly, but if it was munched at all beforehand it’ll just slip out and throw the wheel out of the dropouts. Might have been the customer overtightening their wheel or a strong handed wrench before you. I always pull the nut side off and check out the threads, then clean and grease and tighten it to what I know is right…

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