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Café au Lait · Mar 28, 2025

I had a similar issue on reinstalling my rear wheel and Matt’s advise mirrors Norman’s as per page 216 end of section 17. Trouble is when I do so, and I’ve done it countless times the end result is this:

Light presser on the brake or full on the bugger rubs after tightening the left nut. If I tighten without applying the brake it’s fine HOWEVER I notice that as I tighten the main spindle the wheel’s alignment shifts slights as evidenced but it moving reward 1mm to leave that much gap between the spindle and the adjuster. All I’ve been able to is set so that the distance from the centre of the rear Isolastic nut to the centre of the spindle is the same on both sides. The bike handles as it should and the rear brake works as normal, is pretty shite compared to my modern bikes with rear discs. Thankfully my front Brembo work extremely well.

Fast Eddie · Mar 29, 2025

Café au Lait said:
I had a similar issue on reinstalling my rear wheel and Matt’s advise mirrors Norman’s as per page 216 end of section 17. Trouble is when I do so, and I’ve done it countless times the end result is this:

Light presser on the brake or full on the bugger rubs after tightening the left nut. If I tighten without applying the brake it’s fine HOWEVER I notice that as I tighten the main spindle the wheel’s alignment shifts slights as evidenced but it moving reward 1mm to leave that much gap between the spindle and the adjuster. All I’ve been able to is set so that the distance from the centre of the rear Isolastic nut to the centre of the spindle is the same on both sides. The bike handles as it should and the rear brake works as normal, is pretty shite compared to my modern bikes with rear discs. Thankfully my front Brembo work extremely well.

Something is catching on a rib or raised part of the casting inside, hence my use of an angle grinder to remove said protrusions.

There should be a witness mark going by that noise, so should be easy to detect.

We’ll, it’s either the above OR a family member is stood out of view banging a wrench on a cup just to wind you up !!

Café au Lait · Mar 29, 2025

Fast Eddie said:
Something is catching on a rib or raised part of the casting inside, hence my use of an angle grinder to remove said protrusions.

There should be a witness mark going by that noise, so should be easy to detect.

We’ll, it’s either the above OR a family member is stood out of view banging a wrench on a cup just to wind you up !!

It didn’t do that when I received it from Matt who had the wheel off to replace the scratched swing arm so I’m happy with the setup. That noise only occurred after I removed the wheel to have a new tyre fitted and then only if I follow Matt’s/Norman’s instructions. I’m obviously doing something wrong but by not first applying the brake it doesn’t rub so that’s where I’m at; no way would I leave it rubbing. I’m at a loss has to how to resolve it but honestly the brake works as per Matt’s setup so I’ll loose no sleep over it, heck, I’m still trying to figure out the noise at 3.5-4k; that has Matt stumped too; I managed to record it, he’s pondering.

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