There are two things with wrench flats there that have been tightened into each other. Use two wrenches and turn them away from each other.
Kind-kid4130 on
Youll need two cone bearing wrenches. Basically a super thin open ended wrench. The bigger outside nut is tightened up tight to the cone bearing race
OldEnoughToKnowButtr on
The thin wrench you are looking for is called a ‘bicycle cone wrench’ – thin and goes in the slots of the inner cone shaped bearing.
spyro66 on
Hang on, what are you trying to do? The nuts on the axle right now are part of the bearings, don’t take those off if you’re just putting the wheel on your bike.
If you’re trying to adjust your bearings, then yeah, give’r but I don’t think that’s what you’re trying to do??
Put the other nut back on, and snug it up, gently, against the part that’s there. If the wheel becomes hard to spin then you’ll need to take it to a shop to get the hub adjusted.
There’s two nuts on each side (actually one is a ‘cone’ where the ball bearings sit, and the other is a lock nut), that sit inside of your dropouts. These are all parts of the wheel itself. Then there’s the big nut on the outside that clamps the wheel into the frame.
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There are two things with wrench flats there that have been tightened into each other. Use two wrenches and turn them away from each other.
Youll need two cone bearing wrenches. Basically a super thin open ended wrench. The bigger outside nut is tightened up tight to the cone bearing race
The thin wrench you are looking for is called a ‘bicycle cone wrench’ – thin and goes in the slots of the inner cone shaped bearing.
Hang on, what are you trying to do? The nuts on the axle right now are part of the bearings, don’t take those off if you’re just putting the wheel on your bike.
If you’re trying to adjust your bearings, then yeah, give’r but I don’t think that’s what you’re trying to do??
Put the other nut back on, and snug it up, gently, against the part that’s there. If the wheel becomes hard to spin then you’ll need to take it to a shop to get the hub adjusted.
There’s two nuts on each side (actually one is a ‘cone’ where the ball bearings sit, and the other is a lock nut), that sit inside of your dropouts. These are all parts of the wheel itself. Then there’s the big nut on the outside that clamps the wheel into the frame.