Tick Tick Tick Twang Fixed

Charliefox

Esteemed Pedelecer
Feb 11, 2015
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Culloden Moor Inverness
Once the replacement 42 tooth nylon gears arrived (8 days from China by Royal Mail) they were quickly fitted. And the wheel would not turn when back on bike. Take apart and realise they were put on upside down. It was hard to seen from dissembly pics which side was which due to the state the old ones were in.Now everthing is fine again. Just wondering that should the clutch freewheel ever really fail, if I can use one with less of a boss insert into the nearside bearing... of 3mm rather than the 10mm that mine is. There seems to be no stock of the latter! Since the splined axle supports the clutch, it is the N/S bearing which will have less support.Perhaps a 7mm long section of steel tubing to make up the missing bit. Does this make any sense?