Help on a conversion!

[keoghcf2002]

Hi I purchased a kit from china for my bike, chatted with seller he was very helpful, it arrived however and hub was a tight fit with not really enough room on axle for nuts, i also bought a arm to support the hub, but its not really sitting flush either, any hints or advice are very welcome

 

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[Nealh]

You can't ride with the RHS nut like that, it is barely engaging the threads.
The low gear spacing to the hub looks to great, can a spacer be removed or a thinner one used to gain 2 -3 mm the chain only needs a couple mm spacing against the hub so as not to foul it.
The cassette locknut again needs to be a thinner one, fit the tab washer on the outside and use a thinner plain washer on the inside. The chain only needs 1mm clearance to the drop out again so it can't foul it.

 

[harrys]

In that situation, I often drop to a six speed freewheel, which will gaim 4-5mm, and agree with Neath in that you dom't need all the celarance provided by the torque washer and whatever is on the axle by the freewheel.

And if that is a cassette, well then you do what you gotta do, I have little experience with them.

 

[Nealh]

I have never used a 6 or 7spd cassette so don't know how the stack height differs from a 9spd cassette, using 9spd I have never had an issue with nuts fitting correctly so my logic says it is simply about using different thickness spacers to get the fit correct.

 

[keoghcf2002]

Thanks alot