Quick Release Levers

[Jdratcliffe]

i have a really noob question i cannot seem to close the levers when the rear espeshly is done up tight i have to leave the rear nuts looser then i would like and yet it still hurts more than it should to close the lever in fact when i use a Allen key (i had a deep cut on my hand) i have bent the lever slightly..

so two fold where can i get replacements? and should the levers be this hard to do ( its the hardest part of the wheel change i find)

 

[calibanzwei]

Unscrew the other side of the skewer slightly?

 

[Jdratcliffe]

tried that but atm the moment i can force the back wheel out ( with a shove and the brake open and the lever open) but not unscrewing it and yet i bent the lever putting into the close position! edit: when removing the wheel i take the skewer out completely.

on the side not replacing the bent on might go for a set of red ones to match http://www.evanscycles.com/products/hope/quick-release-skewer-ec020473?query=quick release will these fit a standard race bike wheel set? i'd replace both and keep the front undamaged one as a spare.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

i have a really noob question i cannot seem to close the levers when the rear espeshly is done up tight i have to leave the rear nuts looser then i would like and yet it still hurts more than it should to close the lever in fact when i use a Allen key (i had a deep cut on my hand) i have bent the lever slightly..

so two fold where can i get replacements? and should the levers be this hard to do ( its the hardest part of the wheel change i find)

Are you sure you are closing it the right way? most of them have an open side and a close side, some are marked on the lever.

 

[Jdratcliffe]

yea im closing them the right way just cant see why they would be soo stiff!