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Two nights ago I removed my rear wheel to inspect the wheel bearings. While the wheel was off I did all kinds of great maintenance, degreasing and lubing the chain, greasing the axle, removed both chain adjusters for cleaning.
My chain adjusters have always been missing the second nut since purchase 1.5 years ago ("lock nut", or "buddy nut" it's called at times), and I've been meaning to replace them. But I never had a problem with anything coming loose, so it wasn't urgent. I torqued the single nut to spec.
Well apparently the dirt and grime in the threads of those chain adjusters were the only thing keeping the nut on each side. After a 35 mile highway ride to work, I look down and see this:
Whoops! New parts on order. Hope I didn't damage anyone's cage on my ride as parts were flying off the bike at 80 MPH.
My chain adjusters have always been missing the second nut since purchase 1.5 years ago ("lock nut", or "buddy nut" it's called at times), and I've been meaning to replace them. But I never had a problem with anything coming loose, so it wasn't urgent. I torqued the single nut to spec.
Well apparently the dirt and grime in the threads of those chain adjusters were the only thing keeping the nut on each side. After a 35 mile highway ride to work, I look down and see this:
Whoops! New parts on order. Hope I didn't damage anyone's cage on my ride as parts were flying off the bike at 80 MPH.