Thank you all who responded to what seems like a dumb question to begin with! Dah! Yes, I followed Tim's instructions and everything went together very nicely. Thanks, Tim. I also liked the idea about photo-documenting the parts sequence. I had not thought of that, either.
Anyway, as someone once wrote, all's well that ends well… Thanks again. Ray ________________________________ From: Tim McNamara <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Fri, May 28, 2010 10:01:59 AM Subject: [RBW] Re: Centering Hub Axles On May 28, 2010, at 11:24 AM, Ray wrote: > Short version: I had the rear hub axle of the Atlantis apart and had > carefully laid out the parts on a cookie tin in the order that I had > removed each from the axle, including the ball bearings. I had left > one cone on the axle, just as the books and videoes all recommend. > Over skips my four-year-old granddaughter to see what's happening with > grandpa. She naturally grabs the edge of tin to lift her head over to > see, and … well, you can imagine the rest of the story. > > It took a while, but I managed to locate every piece, including all 18 > ball bearings. (A magnet duct-taped to stick worked really well for > this recovery mission. It also helped that each bearing was still > greased and not anxious to roll all over the garage floor.) I down- > loaded the schematic of the hub from the Shimano site, and in-fact had > recovered all the various bits and pieces. I threw everything into a > can of Orange, scrubbed, then rinsed and sun dried on the deck. Then, > all a-fluster (still angry at myself for being so careless knowing the > kids were here), and without thinking, I removed the one cone from the > axle to carefully clean all the threads. They sure do look shiny and > great now, but I soon realized that I can't readily center my axle/ > wheel without a whole bunch of trial and error adjusting… on, off… on, > off… etc. > > Tips, techniques, and short-cuts VERY MUCH appreciated… Not really a big deal, fortunately. Measure the length of the axle in mm. Subtract the OLN for the frame (which is either 132.5 or 135 for the Atlantis, IIRC). Divide the remainder by 2 and that's the distance from the end of the axle to the face of the lock nut. Thread the cone onto the axle past that, slide on the washer, thread on the lock nut to the proper distance and back the cone up against it. Snug down. You should be good to reassemble. Being off a mm or so is no big deal, there's a little extra space in the system to allow for this. Cheers! --You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
