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Swapping axle sizes - why is nothing ever easy

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EDBANGER:
I just got my rotary tool out.  Selected what I thought would be the right dooberry to do the job.  offered the axle up to the forks only to realise that the forks in question (GT Pacman) would requite me to pretty much flatten the whole axle  :'(  I'm not sure I've got the necessary balls to do that.  What do you guys think??  Go for it or get someone that knows what they're doing to go for it?  Or not bother??





Why would they make a bike with two different sized drop outs????  Tossers.

Dannywhac:
Most NS bikes are 3/8" up front/14mm rear (reason being = save weight on the front, no bent axles on the rear). Grind the bugger - it's a piece of p1ss - remove the axle from the hub though first  :daumenhoch:

oldtired:
  get a front wheel with a female axle hub,   :daumenhoch:   Skidmarks got a nice Oddy one up for grabs in the for sale section  :daumenhoch: other than that its a 3/8 hub , or grind down the axle  :daumenhoch:

EDBANGER:
Right then, the axles have been ground down and they fit into the drop outs now.  To get the wheel in with the cone and the locking nutI have to put the forks apart slightly.  As a result when I tighten the bolt on the outside the wheel no longer spins freely like it did before I put it into the forks.  Is this something I should address??  Do I need to back the cones off a little?

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