damaged thread

spencerwhite
spencerwhite Posts: 5
edited October 2013 in Workshop
HI,
My son has managed to flatten some of the threads on his back wheel axle.
(dont ask! :oops: )

Would I be able to run a die nut over the axle to restore the threads? as a new axle is about £82.00 each :shock:
Any help gratefully accepted.

Spence

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  • Fredtheghost
    Fredtheghost Posts: 25
    A split die would be better . You will need a holder but you can alter the tension . Start retreading and when happy tight up to finish it off. It may work depending on how much metal is left and use some medium loctite on whatever you thread on
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    spencerwhite wrote:
    as a new axle is about £82.00 each :shock:
    Any help gratefully accepted.

    Spence
    what is the axle? wheel?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    nicklouse wrote:
    what is the axle? wheel?
    spencerwhite wrote:
    My son has managed to flatten some of the threads on his back wheel axle.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    greasedscotsman wrote:
    nicklouse wrote:
    what is the axle? wheel?
    spencerwhite wrote:
    My son has managed to flatten some of the threads on his back wheel axle.

    and?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • keef66
    keef66 Posts: 13,123
    He's asking what the axle and wheel are... Make / model etc. £82 for an axle?? Cripes! :shock:
  • greasedscotsman
    greasedscotsman Posts: 6,962
    keef66 wrote:
    He's asking what the axle and wheel are... Make / model etc.

    Oh right, I thought he'd just missed what he was after earlier in the thread. :oops:
  • spencerwhite
    spencerwhite Posts: 5
    Sorry all for the delay in coming back. :roll:

    I've been around a few bike shops with the wheel.
    {There all saying its a new axle.)

    The wheel is a custom built BMX wheel with a profiled hub.
    As I can get a die & locktite at trade, it seems the right route to go I suppose?

    I cant thank you all enough for your help, will keep you posted on how it goes.... :?

    Spence
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    ok just to be clear. the hub is a Profile hub? and the axle is Titanium?

    which profile hub? is there not a steel version?

    how bad is the damage?
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • spencerwhite
    spencerwhite Posts: 5
    edited October 2013
    HI nicklouse,
    Its a profile mini, with a standard (steel) axle.

    Spence
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    That does not answer nicks question. Steel or Ti axle. One will be magnetic one will not. If there is no thread left to restore then a die will not work.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    spencerwhite wrote:
    HI nicklouse,
    Its a profile mini, with a standard axle.

    Spence
    sorry but what is "standard axle" the 10mm (3/8") which is internally threaded or do you mean the 14mm version?

    again what i would do does depend on what has actually happened.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown
  • spencerwhite
    spencerwhite Posts: 5
    Its a 14mm x1mm thread.Steel.
    (external thread)

    He's bent the frame (more money to pull out!) and couldn't get his wheel out.
    So resorted to the "hit it with a spanner" method.

    Spence
  • nicklouse
    nicklouse Posts: 50,675
    shiiit i hope you work out a way so that he realises the cost of parts. those hubs make others look dirt cheap.

    good luck.
    "Do not follow where the path may lead, Go instead where there is no path, and Leave a Trail."
    Parktools :?:SheldonBrown

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