I have cross threaded my hub, what can I do?

[MossCommuter]

Cross threaded the hub getting the freewheel off and now I can't get the freewheel back on

Is there anything I can do or is it new wheel/hub time?

 

[Yellow Saddle]

Cross threaded the hub getting the freewheel off and now I can't get the freewheel back on

Is there anything I can do or is it new wheel/hub time?

How can you cross-thread it by unscrewing?

 

[numbnuts]

Bike shop they should have a thread file if it's not too badly damaged

 

[MossCommuter]

How can you cross-thread it by unscrewing?

I was stupid! I'd screwed the bolt in to hold the removal tool on and continued to unscrew against it when I didn't realise I'd loosened, if that makes sense

 

[raleighnut]

I was stupid! I'd screwed the bolt in to hold the removal tool on and continued to unscrew against it when I didn't realise I'd loosened, if that makes sense

So technically you've stripped the thread, sounds terminal to me.

 

[I like Skol]

Oops!
Just to clear up any possible misunderstanding, you have a screw on freewheel, not a cassette/freehub. You have stripped the thread on the hub body and the axle thread is still OK. Is this right?

Has all the thread gone or just the last one or two which are preventing you from refitting the freewheel?

A good close up picture would be useful, make sure to include a glassful of whatever tipple it is that you were drinking at the time of this butchery in the background of the shot

 

[MossCommuter]

Oops!
Just to clear up any possible misunderstanding, you have a screw on freewheel, not a cassette/freehub. You have stripped the thread on the hub body and the axle thread is still OK. Is this right?

Has all the thread gone or just the last one or two which are preventing you from refitting the freewheel?

A good close up picture would be useful, make sure to include a glassful of whatever tipple it is that you were drinking at the time of this butchery in the background of the shot

Screw on freewheel and it's the threads on the wheel, on the axle.

I think @raleighnut is right, it's stripped.

It starts to screw on normally for two or three turns and then goes askew with the freewheel going on tilted

 

[Yellow Saddle]

I was stupid! I'd screwed the bolt in to hold the removal tool on and continued to unscrew against it when I didn't realise I'd loosened, if that makes sense

Aha. That makes sense. I would still give it a go. Bike shops don't have something that can rethread it and rethreading never works if the thread is gone. But, you may be lucky in that only some of the threads are damaged because it unscrewed a bit before hitting the "obstacle" you threw at it. I would figure out a way to keep the freewheel rigid and in line with the axle and then attempt to screw it on. Rig something up. I can't see your workshop so I don't know what will work. The wheel can possibly go in a vice and the freewheel fixed to some sort of yoke that extends to two sides for two people to keep it parallel. If you can hold the wheel by its axle and the freewheel rigid, you could turn the wheel to screw in, avoiding having to fiddle with the freewheel that's easily tilted.

Give it a go.

 

[MossCommuter]

Alas my workshop is my front room. I live in a flat.

Had Keep Pedaling in Manchester look at it and it's FUBAR'd so I need a new one which is proving difficult.

I need a wheel for a screw on single speed freewheel for disc brakes.

 

[dan_bo]

Go fixed.

 

[MossCommuter]

Go fixed.

Still need to screw a cog on

 

[dan_bo]

Still need to screw a cog on

Araldite?

 

[overmind]

I would buy a new wheel and put it down to experience. I'm sure you will laugh about it in future.

I once stripped the threads off a chainset. Got the crank puller on and turned and turned. I thought "it should be off by now" and then realised that I had not removed the retaining bolt. The threads were totally gone. Doh.

 

[MossCommuter]

I would buy a new wheel and put it down to experience. I'm sure you will laugh about it in future.

I once stripped the threads off a chainset. Got the crank puller on and turned and turned. I thought "it should be off by now" and then realised that I had not removed the retaining bolt. The threads were totally gone. Doh.

I've done that too

I can't find a replacement wheel anywhere for any money! I have filled in some online forms for bespoke quotes but in the meantime if anyone knows of a rear wheel with 6 bolt holes for disc brakes and a screw on freewheel (700 rim, clincher) please let me know

 

[fossyant]

SJS Cycles might be a help. Your other option is a standard freehub hub, then get an 8 speed cassette and use additional spacers to use it 6/7 speed. I've done that in the past using a variety of 8-10 speed freehubs with 7 speed cassettes. 2 extra 3mm spacers on the spoke side, then the cassette. My MTB is still 7 speed on newer Mavice Crossride wheels.

Think outside the box. If you are short of spacers, I could send you some.