Non drive side is on the edge of the drop out but still inside of the drop out and the drive side looks just fine.I tried to remove 1 link of the halflink and ended up with chain too short so i put the link back again. If the non drive side is the same as the drive side the chain will be too loose.
by True-Helicopter1056
4 Comments
The chain on the bike is still good because the bike is only 8 months to me.
Assuming nothings bent, both axles should sit in the dropouts equally the same. You’ll need to check the wheel is central and the rim is dished I.e same distance from the chain stays
I think it’s a tiny bit off but the rest is just that the hubguard and peg are a lot bigger than the nut so giving you the illusion that it’s way off , I think you’re okay
Is this a metal hubguard that goes over the hub hardware? If so you need to lightly dish your wheel, hubguard acts like an extra washer so your wheel is pushed out to the other side creating an illusion that it sits crooked.
Push your wheel all the way into your dropout, take the spoke wrench and evenly tighten ONLY THE SPOKES ON YOUR NON DRIVE SIDE by half a turn each, this will pull the rim to that side and compensate for the hubguard.
Then tighten your chain, you should be able to have your axle sitting straight in the dropout as expected.