Worried About New T-mag

[CrOcKeR]

i've ridden my new tmag to day for the 1st time and now the rear wheel feels wobely and loose. is this normal or should i get it checked out?

but its a nice bike all in all really pleased with the gift

yeh thanks for any help you can give

mike

[CrOcKeR]

come on people i need to know surpose to have a ride tmora but if it need sorting out i cant can i ....

[D a n n y. . .]

hmm your cones in wheel might be loose??? and you could go get it checked out so you dont make it worst

[CrOcKeR]

how would i no if my cones are loose? and how would i go about tightening them?

but i dont really want to go get it checked out cos i really wana ride tomorrow

[trials 123]

hi

try and tighten your cones there in the middle of your frame and your wheel there are too one on each side try and tighten them if it still wobbles take your wheel off and have a proper look check your axle check your cones it will be allot easier to tighten them up when your wheels off and if you do all that and it still wobbles take it back to the place you brought it from and tell them whats up with it and hopefully they should fix it for free but it shouldn't be anything bad as your bike is new and every thing has too bed it but when stuff does get loose make sure u tighten every thing (bb/freewheel/back wheel/front wheel/ect...)

hope this has helped you with your question

thanks sam

Edited December 25, 2006 by trials 123

[nickyw]

Dont tighten the inner-bolt's too tight,Tighten them with a very light force till it actually stops moving.It's happend with my mate's t-pro too and my koxx,I dont think it's something to really worry about.

[ogre]

it's not normally a problem unless your a fanny (like me) and tighten the fook out of them so your hub locks up and you can't undo them if you unsure which bit your mean to be tightening:

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your looking to tighten the bits in red boxes

[Dan6061]

Get a 17mm spanner, and undo the nuts just infront of the cones. (shown in pic above)

Then just do up the cones by hand, and the with a cone spanner (thin 15mm spanner) hold the cone, as you do up the 17mm nut.

This will hold the cone in place, and will stop it tightening with the 17mm nut.

[abe]

t mags have sealed bearing, they shouldnt have cones.

[ogre]

no they don't if you look at the pik on tarty you can see it has a threaded axle that takes 15mm bolts like the t-pro/bird/vee do. and the onza sealed hub uses little bolts.

[Ben Cox]

no they don't if you look at the pik on tarty you can see it has a threaded axle that takes 15mm bolts like the t-pro/bird/vee do. and the onza sealed hub uses little bolts.

another bit of skimpy downgrading on onzas part there :|

[CrOcKeR]

so if there sealled hubs what do i do now? to sort out the wobble

[Alun Goch]

Do you have a spec 1 or 2? Spec 2 has sealed bearings, spec 1 does not.

Alun

[CrOcKeR]

i've got a spec 1 so h9wo do i sort it out then?

also today my forks have started to move aswell... ( aint the best for my bike really) whts happening here?

[Razzy]

I think your headset is loose. loosen the stem cap disc which is at the bottom of your stem where it attacthes to your headset and then loosen the 2 or 4 bolts holding your stem to the bike. Now tighten the disc agen so it clamps the stem down, and then tighten the 2 or 4 bolts on the side of the stem you loosended and it should be fine! Unless you hear a knocking noise

[poopipe]

the wiggly forks is indeed your headset coming loose - it'll happen a couple of times when it's new, just tighten up as per the above instructions

rear hub is definitely open bearing - basically you have these cone shaped nuts that screw along the axle and kep the bearings in the hub, they come undone by themselves so you have to tighten them up occasionally. do what dan6061 said - it'll take a while to get the right balance of spinnyness and tightness but you'll figure it out.