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Basically, I had a wheel, it was running fine. The sprocket and lockring were on tight.
Then, I got a new sprocket for the wheel and put it on a different bike. The wheel and lockring are the same, just the sprocket is different, it seems to be slightly wider than the old one.
After a few rides the pedals keep slipping and I tighten up the lockring, fixing it. Then just now it slips, I tighten the lockring and it just spins, the hub has been threaded. I don't see why this has happened.
Maybe if the new sprocket was thinner so the lockring didn't reach it I could understand, but its not, its wider.
This is the first time I have changed the lockring or sprocket on this wheel so its not like its old or anything..
Is it just because the hub is rubbish? Even on a shit hub I'd expect it to be able to be changed at least once.
Phil