[RJ2112]

I know I struggle with the back, more than the front…

 

[RJ2112]

The racers amongst us will often use captive wheel spacers to reduce the number of parts you have to align to mount the wheel.

I haven’t gotten frustrated enough to end up doing that….

 

[RJ2112]

I presume that we all end up using extremely similar process; in my case I start the axle through the fork legs much as I can without passing through the inside face of the leg, then introduce the wheel assembly and slide the axle into the wheel. Once I’m ‘good’ on that side I can advance to axle until it hits the inside surface of the other fork leg. At that point, the amount of wiggling to align the axle to the fork leg hole is reduced a bunch because the load is carried by the side I’m already through. Not simple and clean, just a whole lot less troublesome.

Having a thin coating of axle grease on the entire surface of the axle helps prevent any binding as you insert it….

I would think that the bevel on the inner surface of the receiving fork leg opening could be widened somewhat to aid that … again I haven’t been annoyed enough to do anything about it beyond greasing the axle….

 

[RJ2112]

How is the plug on the receiving side set? That could possibly be threaded too far into the fork, making the #of threads available to use for the axle less…

 

[RJ2112]

I recently purchased an motorcycle tire lift stand from aliexpress. The cats nut for changing tires out and so simple for $55.

if you could share a link, this might be worth purchasing….

 

[RJ2112]

No worries, friend. Thanks for following up with this!