Archie
Errrr.....
Hi peeps,
I'm doing one of those expanding jobs ATM where you start off with a simple gear cable replace and you end up with the rear wheel off the bike.
Anyway, it's a Nexus 8 hub with BR-IM70-R roller brakes. Putting it all back together there's a gap in the left rear axle wheel between the roller brake nut fixing the unit to the wheel and the dropout. This doesn't look right as I expected you'd need a spacer nut to secure the dropout on both sides, but poring over the Shimano tech docs there's no spacer nuts required, the parts are exactly as I see them on my rear axle.
I just need some reassurance there's not a potential issue with the gap on the inside of the axle. I must have been riding like this for a few thousand miles but need a sanity check. Cheers!
I'm doing one of those expanding jobs ATM where you start off with a simple gear cable replace and you end up with the rear wheel off the bike.
Anyway, it's a Nexus 8 hub with BR-IM70-R roller brakes. Putting it all back together there's a gap in the left rear axle wheel between the roller brake nut fixing the unit to the wheel and the dropout. This doesn't look right as I expected you'd need a spacer nut to secure the dropout on both sides, but poring over the Shimano tech docs there's no spacer nuts required, the parts are exactly as I see them on my rear axle.
I just need some reassurance there's not a potential issue with the gap on the inside of the axle. I must have been riding like this for a few thousand miles but need a sanity check. Cheers!