Caliber Axel/Nut problem

One of the axels on my caliber 44's has something wrong with it. I have tried 4 different nuts on this one axel and can still twist them down to the end of the thread with my fingers. I know of 2 other guys that have the same problem and 1 has had his wheel fly off while riding.

If anyone knows how to fix this problem please reply! until then im double nutting the axel.. not that it will make much difference but it will give me some confidence it wont fly off haha

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jake Elliott on July 20, 2011 at 0:42

replace the nuts, general rule of thumb for nyloc nuts is they are only good to be put on/taken off 3 times, this is from my experience being a mechanic/fitter for the last 20 years

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Connor Ferguson on July 20, 2011 at 0:44

I tried my mates nuts that go on his normally on mine and they didnt work either

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jake Elliott on July 20, 2011 at 1:04

what you just wrote didn't really sound too good

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Connor Ferguson on July 20, 2011 at 1:07

yeah hahahahahahha... i tried a nut off my friends skateboard and that did the same as what my nuts were doing..

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Jake Elliott on July 20, 2011 at 1:19

get new ones and see if it fixes it, they are cheap

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Matthys on July 20, 2011 at 8:22

get new axle nuts

fresh ones are super hard to crank on my calibers..

Dan at Voodoo has Tons of new axle nuts..

hit him up..

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Premium MemberPermalink Reply by Connor Ferguson on July 20, 2011 at 13:42

Matthys said:

get new axle nuts

fresh ones are super hard to crank on my calibers..

Dan at Voodoo has Tons of new axle nuts..

hit him up..

Yeah thanks matthys ill see if anyone else has the same problem with just 1 axel cos i dont think it is the nut if ive tried 4 different nuts that normally work