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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: kowalski on October 21, 2007, 08:11 PM

Title: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: kowalski on October 21, 2007, 08:11 PM: may be a really dumb question but asked in halfords and they didn't know either, i need the washers to go between my hubs and dropouts size is 10mm??
for an old school build :-[ thanks
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: TwoBobRob on October 21, 2007, 08:20 PM: To be honest, if its a simple washer you want to take up the gap then a regular M10 washers should suffice. A2 Stainless if you want to be posh. Any car accessory shop will carry a standard plated washer but you'd probably have to find a fixings company for the stainless jobbies.

Or, pm me your address and I'll post you a couple out :)
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: lazychubs on October 21, 2007, 08:30 PM: theres a shop in stanford le hope that does stainless fixings and stuff
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: Haro82 on October 21, 2007, 09:27 PM: I got my mate who works at an engineering firm to make some for me out of stainless steel pipe, he did them just the right size so they just show when the nut is against them and he bead blasted them and then polished the outside edges. :daumenhoch:

When he showed them to me I got double excited, it was then I realised I had a problem :-[
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: CD17 on October 21, 2007, 09:33 PM: ^^^^Lets see them then^^^^
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: Haro82 on October 21, 2007, 09:45 PM: Here you go, just took it off my bike. Hope you like :daumenhoch:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/r313/andrewhill_bpool/DSC02036.jpg)
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: pickle on October 22, 2007, 09:16 AM: simple 10mm washers can be bought from B&Q or Wicks for about £2 a bag! i've used em on my old school bike for a few years and they're fine :daumenhoch:
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: Superkav on October 22, 2007, 04:01 PM: What Pickle said :LolLolLolLol: ^^^
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: kowalski on October 22, 2007, 05:10 PM: thanks ever so much chaps b+q it is then :daumenhoch: and thanks for the offer rob that was really kind :4_17_5:
Title: Re: where to buy wheel washers??
Post by: TwoBobRob on October 23, 2007, 01:22 AM: No worries :daumenhoch: