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@pavid
hi, just wanted to bring this thread up again! ha, sorry!
but i have had the same problem on and off for a few weeks now. but didnt have any time to sort it out, so i just rode it... but it got a bit dangerous sometimes.
I did all i could think of, tightened it all up. still did it... so i went to cavendish and they said they thought it could be that the cog wasnt on as far as it could go so when the lock ring went on there was still a tiny bit of room for the cog to slip. so i bought a new cog (surly one), cleaned it all up, put it on as tight as it could go, there is no way it was going any more, and then put the lock ring on with a lock ring tool as far as it goes. tried it out out and the same thing happened. the only 2 things i can think of is; either the bit of threading where the cog goes is slightly bigger than the cog so where the lockring finishes, there is a tiny bit of space where the cog can move. meaning id need a spacer between the hub and the cog? or the threading on the hub is fucked, meaning the cog can move some how?
it only happens when i skid, and then after that itll only happen when i pull away and so on... so i think it could be my first solution...
anyone got any other ideas...
and anyone know where to get some spacers if that is the problem?
thanks in advance!
hope someone can help out
dave