Thanks, John. When you say that you had to reduce the nut thickness by ~20%, was this because the nut had a non-threaded portion at the inward end, or was this so that the nut didn't extend beyond the axle on the outside?
On Thu, Mar 3, 2016 at 9:58 AM, JohnS <sharp...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello Patrick, > > I'm pretty sure my 2 speed Bendix hub is 114 as well. I moved one of > the wide washers from out board of the drop out to be in board. This nudged > it up to about 118, which I though was close enough to 120. I used a chain > tug since my hub is fixed. Adding in the thickness of the QB drop out left > insufficient space for the axel nuts that came with the hub. So I ground > down the nuts on the bench grinder since they were pretty wide. I may have > taken off maybe 1/5 the width of the nuts. Works fine. The chain tug does > the work of keeping the wheel in place. > > Hopes this helps, > JohnS > > > On Wednesday, March 2, 2016 at 7:09:52 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: > >> Has anyone done this? Any problems? >> >> Note: the older SA hubs, at least, were not 120 OL but 114. My AM is 114, >> and I wonder if there will be enough axle extending beyond the dropouts to >> accept the nuts. I will of course install spacers behind the locknuts. >> >> I think it's the AM -- medium ratio 3 speed, not the 4 speed. >> >> A bike with AM would be nice! Say, 51-60-71 gi. >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities >> revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
