Goldtec bolt cup things

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I've managed to crack the little cup thing that the bolt sits in on my rear Goldtec track hub.  This isn't the first time.  Is it just me or are they a bit shit?

[rogerzilla]

They're shit and expensive.  Just use s/s penny washers.

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Thanks. 

Can you crank them really tight?

(p.s. next time you are over this way I'll let you have a go on my carbon fixie    )

[teethgrinder]

That happened to mine, so I bought some stainless steel washers and use those now.
I use two washers because I like to do my wheels up tight so I don't pull them over. I've totaly warped the washers now.

[Crumbling Nick]

Mine failed as well.

I fabricated a couple of penny washers from a bit of 2mm stainless steel sheet. I had intended to make 4, but the usual loveable characteristics of s/s meant that it work-hardened enough to trash the hole saw before the third was complete.

I presume the sheet was annealed, since the washers became a bit conical. I have reversed them a few times, in the hope that work-hardening will set in eventually. After 27 000 miles they survive, but don't seem to have stiffened yet. I think it's called travelling hopefully .