SS Build - Help Needed - PLEASE

[gb155]

Right , the hub only says shimano

Here's a pic if it helps ?

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

watched the vid again, personally, my priority would be chain line, take out a link, then order a new freewheel.

 

[gaz]

Right , the hub only says shimano

Here's a pic if it helps ?

Chains a bit slack

 

[Red Light]

I've heard of these things

Must investigate

What? Girls?

 

[gb155]

Chains a bit slack

At least I know the issue now

PHEW !

 

[gb155]

What? Girls?

Nahhhhh....I go for WOMEN

 

[gb155]

Been offered some new brakes, 55-65 reach, will they fit?

I never knew they have different reach ones

Still waiting for sprocket

 

[gb155]

Ermmm. the chain isnt 1/8th

There was the issue

The new sprocket isnt 1/8th either

Problem solved (Once it arrives)

 

[gb155]

I'm
Having to squeeze the frame together to get the wheel on , causing the wheel to be not straight , do I need a longer axel ?

 

[fossyant]

Pop some washers on both sides - ideally inbetween the two cones. If it has horizontal drop outs then you can adjust how it sits in the frame, if not, then deffo the washers.

Make sure it's sitting dead centre - so one side may need more if the axel isn't centred on hub. Check sentering at the chainstay bridge (near BB) and the brake bridge.

This is assuming the axel is still long enough to get the nuts on !

 

[gb155]

Pop some washers on both sides - ideally inbetween the two cones. If it has horizontal drop outs then you can adjust how it sits in the frame, if not, then deffo the washers.

Make sure it's sitting dead centre - so one side may need more if the axel isn't centred on hub. Check sentering at the chainstay bridge (near BB) and the brake bridge.

This is assuming the axel is still long enough to get the nuts on !

Would getting a " proper " SS wheel be a better bet ?

 

[fossyant]

Not necessarily.

Your frame should be 130mm if made in last 20 years. SS hub/axels are usually 120mm (whish would make the situation worse). I can only assume the current axel is a 126mm road axel - as that DA hub pre-dates my 7400 series stuff, that went to 130mm when 8 speed was launched.

How much are you squeezing the frame ?

 

[gb155]

Not necessarily.

Your frame should be 130mm if made in last 20 years. SS hub/axels are usually 120mm (whish would make the situation worse). I can only assume the current axel is a 126mm road axel - as that DA hub pre-dates my 7400 series stuff, that went to 130mm when 8 speed was launched.

How much are you squeezing the frame ?

Quite a bit tbh mate

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Quite a bit tbh mate

velosolo have the 'proper' spacers, but like fossy says, washers are good enough. velosolo also has some useful explanations on ss and fixe conversions.

 

[gb155]

Quick question

Didn't have a fettle last night as was watching the mcr riots on tv and checking in with some friend

But I did have a thought - could the reason for the wheel being not straight be because it's not far enough back in the drop outs ?