Stripping axle threads?

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  • I keep stripping axle threads, where the cone & locknut come together.

    Its happened 3 times in a row now on 3 different bikes. Ive serviced tons of bikes before, and this is a very new bewildering problem.

    I just dont get it, like a curse or something! Anyone got any ideas?

    Cant imagine that you would do, I certainly dont.

    Its always on the rear wheel non-drive side.

    Everything seems perfect at the time of assembly, its after a month or so that it happened on each bike.

  • over tightening ?
    overzealous with the spanner ?
    stingy with a splash of oil ?
    wrong thread combinations [slight differences erode the thread somewhat i.e don't mix and match cones/nuts and axles].

    could be any of these.

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