QMS said:Hyena said:Also riding the bike this morning I noticed if I pedalled hard it made quite a racket. Looking down it seemed the side cover bolts were just clipping the inside of the brake caliper but if I tapped the rear brake the noise stopped. I thought the caliper must have come loose but when I got to work I found the axle nuts had come totally loose and I was able to easily slide the wheel back and forth in the drop out with only the tension on the chain keeping it from sliding straight off the back of the bike Thank god for a strong chain and stealths integrated torque arms!
Hey Hyena. Same thing happened to me "re loose rear wheel" in a most inconveniant situation, no spanner or 10mm. I put spring washers on the axle and haven't had an issue since
I had this same issue. John sent me some tighter tolerance torque plates, which I think come standard now from the looks of the photo's, but I still had a little movement even with the nuts as tight as I could possibly manage. I now carry a spanner large enough for the axle nut, wrapped in a rag sitting on top of the battery in the recess where the seat connects to the frame above the battery. So far I haven't needed it though.
I did the same as QMS and put some spring washers on with the smaller nuts, and I added a few extra nuts all around. :lol:
The pictures should speak for themselves. (Sorry about the shocking quality.)
Cheers