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Rear quick release axle failure
Low end Shimano hub from a 98 GT Palomar. Failed on drive side probably due to being ridden many miles having a little play on the bearings. Skewer was bent a little and worn thinner approx 1cm in from its drive side end. I must have ridden a fair few months with it being like this. It was strange because every now and then the back end felt floaty but every time I checked everything was fine, no play anywhere. I only discovered it was broke when I took the wheel off to fix a puncture one day and one side was wobbly and just pulled out and I thought oh that's not right, it shouldn't do that I'm supposed to unscrew a few nuts for that to happen not to mention also be in one piece lol So the whole wheel was being supported by the thin skewer alone! and would have snapped as well if it had been left much longer no doubt. Salvaged the wheel by fashioning some old solid bolt axle parts together which I'm pretty chuffed about : )
Rear quick release axle failure
Low end Shimano hub from a 98 GT Palomar. Failed on drive side probably due to being ridden many miles having a little play on the bearings. Skewer was bent a little and worn thinner approx 1cm in from its drive side end. I must have ridden a fair few months with it being like this. It was strange because every now and then the back end felt floaty but every time I checked everything was fine, no play anywhere. I only discovered it was broke when I took the wheel off to fix a puncture one day and one side was wobbly and just pulled out and I thought oh that's not right, it shouldn't do that I'm supposed to unscrew a few nuts for that to happen not to mention also be in one piece lol So the whole wheel was being supported by the thin skewer alone! and would have snapped as well if it had been left much longer no doubt. Salvaged the wheel by fashioning some old solid bolt axle parts together which I'm pretty chuffed about : )