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Scilly.Suffolk
I've replaced the wheel on a friend's bike and had to cold set the frame and respace the rear hub to fit.
Now the axle is too long for the QR to close properly, it is closing on the axle rather than the dropout so the wheel slips.
Spacers on the outside of the dropout, or hacksaw to the axle?