Rear Wheel Buggered NEED HELP!

[Xiorell]

Hello guys



Got issues I can't see what's caused it.



Went out on a little ride this morning, got half a mile down the road, the rear wheel locked up. Thought the breaks might have jammed, they as fine.
O the wheel hub, on the opposite side from the gear cassette, it had kind of over-screwed itself. As in, NOT the bolt that hold the wheel to the frame, the part of the wheel where the spokes meet the middle, there's like a thread on that with a disk thing where the spindle passes through. That had tightened up and the wheel wouldn't turn in a forward motion.

If I pushed the wheel round the other way, it frees up and eventually comes off!

I took the wheel off to have a look but can't figure out why it's doing this.



I had the wheel off yesterday to fix a puncture but it was fine when I took it out for a test-spin after that was fixed then this morning went for a quick couple of miles and this happens.



Need assistance it makes no sense !

 

[Xiorell]

This is the bit that has gone mad

And now the wheel doesn't even look central to the frame either.

 

[Paulus]

Is the wheel central to the frame? You say it doesn't look like it. Have you over tightened the QR so that it is putting undue pressure on the hub? try taking the wheel out again and starting from scratch.

 

[Xiorell]

No it now looks like it's off to one side a bit. Which is confusing also.

I took the wheel off when I got home and put it back, no use.
The bit that the arrow points to is tightening up if the bike move forwards, if I spin the wheel backward then it loosens and eventually comes out.

 

[raindog]

Sounds like you have a cone come loose?

 

[Xiorell]

Sounds like you have a cone come loose?

Loose cone, ok, now then, how do I fix that? I take it that's the disc bit inside the hub?

 

[Paulus]

Have a look at this--

http://www.sheldonbrown.com/cone-adjustment.html

 

[Paulus]

Maybe, the lock nuts have come undone and the adjuster nuts are tightening up the bearing until they lock. just a thought. see above post.

 

[fossyant]

You will need some cone scanners. Deffo cones loose now.

 

[Davidc]

Maybe, the lock nuts have come undone and the adjuster nuts are tightening up the bearing until they lock. just a thought. see above post.

Sounds like it - probably accidentally while fixing the puncture.

 

[Xiorell]

Sounds like it - probably accidentally while fixing the puncture.

How does that happen??? I never had such a problem when I was younger fixing punctures and stuff

 

[Xiorell]

Right this was back at the shop today to get it sorted.



The mechanic guy said he's patched it up but isn't entirely happy with it, it's ok to ride lightly for now but not 100%.

I have to go back in the week when the owner guy is there, to see if it can be done under warranty.


The bike less than a month old, surely it MUST be under warrenty? Can I have caused this myself?

 

[Zoiders]

How much did you pay for the bike?

The only reason I ask is because a cheap cup and cone wheel can unthread it's self, the lock nuts and cones tend to be a bit a bit soft so the threads go baggy and not able to take the torque.

 

[Xiorell]

How much did you pay for the bike?

The only reason I ask is because a cheap cup and cone wheel can unthread it's self, the lock nuts and cones tend to be a bit a bit soft so the threads go baggy and not able to take the torque.

200 quid.



I know what you're getting at, which the lower end of the market not having the best bits etc and I am cool with that, but... it's still only a 25day old bike and it's done a mear 150miles in that time, since leaving the shop, it's gotta be warrenty surely?

 

[Xiorell]

It sounds to me that the cone locking nut has not been tightened sufficiently, you can't accidentally loosen these when removing / refitting a wheel; Is the back wheel tightened by a skewer ? if so then you couldn't possibly accidentally loosen it. The bike has been at fault, nothing to do with value, it has just been poorly assembled.

Your lucky it happened to the rear wheel, if this had happened at speed to the front, then you would be over the bars.

No niether wheel is on a skewer. So there's not much chance I would have cause this when putting my wheel back on after fixing my puncture? I'd have thought if that WAS the case, then I'd have had this issue more or less right after fixing the puncture, not after clocking up several miles since