jockey wheel pulley bolt

gabriel959

So I was cleaning the jockey wheels and lucky me one of them fell down and bounced onto the floor and rolled in the drain :evil: :shock:

So I am using a water bottle bolt, which is also M5 but it is a tiny bit shorter (probably a mm less) whilst still holds it together it doesn't protrude slightly like the proper ones. Is this ok? Should I get a proper one? or a longer one?

Cheers,
Gabriel

pinno

As long as the jockey wheel is still spinning freely. The two plates squeeze the central spindle and the wheel rotates around it so I think it would be nigh on impossible to over tighten. I just hope that you have enough thread in the cover plate so that it doesn't loosen.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Token-Super-Light-Alloy-Bolts-for-Jockey-Wheels-Pair-/110903742588?pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&var=&hash=item19d260d07c

gabriel959

well, freely, yes. As freely as it can run really, it is 6 years old. I did run the chain through it a few times and it looked ok.

Saw those thank you , but thought they were quite expensive so found them here instead:

http://www.hargrovescycles.co.uk/token- ... -bolt.html

I went ahead and bought a pair.