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Sorry to dredge this up, but it seems like the right line of enquiry based on the previous answers.
I have a new velosteel coaster on my weird cruiser thing, it was brand new and only been up te road and back on the bike.
The sprocket and the bit that the sprocket is attached to wobbles about, I can't wind the cone in on the sprocket side any more to tighten it as it hits a shoulder on the axle. It becomes solid at the point when it would engage and turn the wheel, but on back pedaling it become wobbly again, then solid at the point the brake engages. I'm sure the whole thing was solid yesterday, you can wobble the wheel on the axle when it is on the bike, the axle is not bent or anything.
It seems on the other side there a few spacers after the arm, then a thin nut, that I cannot untighten, looks to be some kind of locktite in there, I was thinking I could undo the nut, and wind this side on, pulling the axle tight against the bearing on the sprocket side.
Really puzzling, as it is all new and the bearings are in pefect condition inside.