Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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Are the rear chainwheel retaining shouldered bolts 043292 available anywhere, just shed a few on the way home today and I don't have any more left.
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Re: Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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Where have you tried?
Russell Motors and AMC Classic Spares have a reasonable range of L/W parts.
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Re: Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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I have a few old ones with the nyloc nuts in my bits and bobs tin. You are welcome to them. They aren’t great and I replaced them with some I found in nookys nuts ; I think .

I’ve a handful of suspects together with the ones that came off the bike. I’ll have a look tomorrow and let you know which ones fitted.

However if you send me a PM with your address I’ll let you have the old ones which ought to get you by for a while.
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Re: Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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villiers services. could be same as james sprocket bolts
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Re: Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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Thanks Roly, Villiers look good for a number of items, pity the rear sprockets are only 5" for James and FB. anyway I am being sent a couple but I will give them a go and report back. Cheers.
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Re: Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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The new ones have arrived from Villiers, https://villiersservices.co.uk/index.ph ... cts_id=823 they look almost the same but the thread is not quite as long on the new one, I have not tried them yet, but I dare say with a washer they should fit. Old one left, new one right.
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Re: Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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I tried these on mine. I can’t quite remember exactly what the issue was but I think the length of the shoulder was too long and with a washer to take up the slack it was too short
Interested to hear if these worked on yours
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Re: Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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I have tried a Villiers bolt in my G2 and found the shoulder too long a washer under bolt head should still leave room for the nut the james hub has clearance holes in flange .no thread.the bolts in my G2 have no shoulders at all
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Re: Rear chainwheel retaining bolts

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The shoulders are indeed too long, I think running a die up the thread another 1/8" should make them suitable. There is only just enough thread on the rear of the hub for a nut but I would not like to chance it.
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