rear wheel to quick release

How does one go by installing a quick release to a rear wheel? This is 27x
1" in size.

"Pesso" wrote:

How does one go by installing a quick release to a rear wheel? This is 27x
1" in size.

If the wheel has a solid axle and nuts to attach the hub to the frame,
you will need to replace the axle with a hollow one to allow the use of
a quick release skewer. The wheel size is immaterial.

The new axle must have the same threading as the original, and it has to
be shorter; its length has to be a few millimeters shorter than the
distance between the outer faces of the dropouts. Cutting a too-long
axle to fit is OK, but take care not to mess up the threads so that you
can get the cones and locknuts back on.

--
Ted Bennett

Ted Bennett wrote:
"Pesso" wrote:


How does one go by installing a quick release to a rear wheel? This is 27x
1" in size.


If the wheel has a solid axle and nuts to attach the hub to the frame,
you will need to replace the axle with a hollow one to allow the use of
a quick release skewer. The wheel size is immaterial.

The new axle must have the same threading as the original, and it has to
be shorter; its length has to be a few millimeters shorter than the
distance between the outer faces of the dropouts. Cutting a too-long
axle to fit is OK, but take care not to mess up the threads so that you
can get the cones and locknuts back on.

One way to do this is to thread the old axle nut deep onto the new axle
first. After cutting, unscrew the axle nut and it should help reform
the thread.

Pesso wrote:
How does one go by installing a quick release to a rear wheel? This is 27x
1" in size.

Remove solid axle set.
Install hollow axle set.

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

"Pesso" wrote in message
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How does one go by installing a quick release to a rear wheel? This is 27x
1" in size.

Wing nuts may be out of style but they are an easy way to accomplish this.
The rear nuts tend to slip a little easier than a Quick Release but as long
as you are not in a super hilly area you should be fine.

Not sure these are the right ones for your axle but here is an example of
what you need: http://tinyurl.com/7dfje

Dave Reckoning
Noblesville, Indiana