Re: [CR]wing nuts and torque

(Example: Framebuilders:Brian Baylis)

Date: Sat, 30 Mar 2002 18:29:26 -0800
From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]wing nuts and torque
References: <BFEELMCBFOHDEOKKDCKOAEIPCKAA.ebfeinberg@attbi.com>


Ed. Feinberg wrote:
>
> Carlo Carr wrote in CR #1209:
>
> Are wingnuts appropriate for track nuts? Isn't there a serious reason to
> not
> > do this? I cannot recall what it might be. Could be some sort of CPSU
> > admonition. I seem to recall seeing these in the early 70s on track bikes.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Charles "Carlo" Carr
> > New Orleans, Louisiana
>
> I Replied:
>
> The lever arm moment on wing nuts is less than an inch. With track nuts and
> a "peanut butter wrench" it is about 6 or 7 inches. I would worry that I
> could not torque down the wing nuts adequately.
>
> Ed Feinberg
> Newton, MA

You don't have to get wingnuts very tight to hold the axle if you use a chain tension adjuster (kind of a banjo looking device) on the drive side. I've never had a problem with slipage.

Chuck Schmidt
Soouth Pasadena, Southern California
three and a half hour fixed ride today...