Quote: hammerhead3 wrote: thanks to both of you that responded. It seems the problem is that I never recieved the nylon nut supplied with the frame from my LBS. I've been using a nylon hex nut from home depot. I'll go talk to the shop owner about it. Thanks.
It's not a nylon nut, it is a 'nylock' nut. It has a nylon insert that grabs the threads and keeps the nut secure. And it's metric.
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