Bob Hovey quired:
>>>On Thursday, January 16, 2003, at 09:29 PM, Sheldon Brown wrote:
>> I've invented a doodad that allows you to actually adjust the cones
>> and locknuts with the the axle compressed by a skewer, see:
>> http://sheldonbrown.com/
>
>I'm not sure I see how this works... My understanding is that hub compression
>results from the quick release pressure forcing the dropouts to counteract
>and overcome the push-pull action of the locknut and cone combo. If this is
>the case, shouldn't the force be applied to the outside faces of the locknuts
>(the knurled area in your photo) rather than the end of the axle? I can see
>that compressing the axle itself might squeeze the hub a tad, but I don't see
>how it would cause nearly as great an effect as the inward force of the
>dropouts on the locknuts.
I was also puzzled by this, I don't think clamping the axle is as effective as clamping the locknuts. What I do when I adjust hubs is to clamp them in my 25+ year-old cheap Cyclepro wheelstand and tweak them until perfect.
Roy H. Drinkwater
Lititz, PA