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I had purchased a bread & butter XTR M985 QR rear skewer for a bread & butter 135mm X 10mm application a few months back...I believe I got it from Jenson. At any rate, the display package ditty had two boxes to check, one for 168mm & one for 173mm...mine had the 168mm box checked. I didn't think too much about it at the time, but today I installed it and at face value it appears that maybe I needed the 173mm version.
The end of the skewer is barely visible through the end of the nut...it appears that the axle is grabbing plenty of the nut threads, and the hole in the nut where the axle would be seen is not even threaded...I would not have given it a second thought if there wasn't that 173mm box to check...are you with me?
I just re-checked Jensons website and they are just showing one skewer, no 168mm or 173mm option. The unfortunate part is that I do not have the skewer that came on the bike to compare the new one to.
I fully understand that the bike is setting on the drop-outs & all we are doing is providing clamping force, but...
I've enclosed a couple pictures...school me up guys :skep:
The end of the skewer is barely visible through the end of the nut...it appears that the axle is grabbing plenty of the nut threads, and the hole in the nut where the axle would be seen is not even threaded...I would not have given it a second thought if there wasn't that 173mm box to check...are you with me?
I just re-checked Jensons website and they are just showing one skewer, no 168mm or 173mm option. The unfortunate part is that I do not have the skewer that came on the bike to compare the new one to.
I fully understand that the bike is setting on the drop-outs & all we are doing is providing clamping force, but...
I've enclosed a couple pictures...school me up guys :skep:
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