Skewer slippage

Roadkill611 · #1 06-13-2003, 09:44 AM

Weird question.. I have a 96 cannondale frame and I am having problems with the drive side of the rear wheel slipping in the dropouts when I'm on the gas. I have almost brand new stuff on it (hub, skewer, der. hanger) and I actually had this problem before with a different hub. I have asked numerous bike shop folks what they think the problem might be and they keep suggesting the same old crap.. Your skewer is bad, you need a new hanger, blah blah blah.. The rear wheel slips just enough so that my tire will rub the chain stay on the non-draive side..
Has anyone out there ever heard of this problem before and if so what was the fix, if in fact there is one...

JerseyDevil · #2 06-15-2003, 03:03 AM

If your skewer is titanium, that might be a problem. Ti stretches and the pressure of holding the wheel in and pedaling forces might be too much for it.

If your skewer is okay, maybe you simply don't have it tight enough. Try messing sround with different pressures on the lever and different positions to give it room to close more with more lever throw.

Also, check the paint on the dropouts. There might be a lump that forces the skewer out, or it might be too hard or slippery. Make sure there aren't any paint lumps, and scuff the dropout with some sandpaper.

Let me know if anything works. If not, we'll try again.

Roadkill611 · #3 06-23-2003, 10:53 AM

Thanks for your thoughts,
As I stated, I recently installed a new der. hanger and after reading your reply i tried scratching the piss out of the shiny new paint on it and crankig down a bit more on my rear QR skewer. I raced yesterday and so far so good.
I will post here again for further thoughts if it starts happening again..
Thanks again.