Eric Amlie
Wore out three sets of tires already!
I was about to take my 1964 3 speed Schwinn Traveler out for a ride, and since I'm still running the old original white wall tires, I wanted to make sure I had what I needed to fix a flat.
A 15 mm wrench fits the right side axle nut, but wasn't big enough for the left side nut. I tried both a 5/8" and a 16 mm and they both seem quite a bit too big.
I finally used a crescent wrench to remove the nut, put it in my vise, and gave each flat a few strokes with a file until the 15 mm wrench would fit in all positions.
The nut didn't look boogered up, so I'm wondering what the story is. Do I just have an oddball nut, or is some strange proprietary size?
A 15 mm wrench fits the right side axle nut, but wasn't big enough for the left side nut. I tried both a 5/8" and a 16 mm and they both seem quite a bit too big.
I finally used a crescent wrench to remove the nut, put it in my vise, and gave each flat a few strokes with a file until the 15 mm wrench would fit in all positions.
The nut didn't look boogered up, so I'm wondering what the story is. Do I just have an oddball nut, or is some strange proprietary size?