Rear wheel hub looks different? Kind weird

[CrispyLeaves98]

Hello! I just purchased a brand new rear wheel but the wheel hub isn't the same size all the way through, towards the end, each side of the hub get bigger. Can you still use a hub/ gromit pieces with this? Pic isn't mine but related. First pic is my wheel. The guy at the bike store said it was a rear wheel.

 

[Karl Snarl]

Should work fine. Looks like my mountain bike rims. Was single then went multispeed. Long as the sprocket sits good and the pineapple pieces sit good and make a spoke sandwich, you should be good to go.

 

[CrispyLeaves98]

Should work fine. Looks like my mountain bike rims. Was single then went multispeed. Long as the sprocket sits good and the pineapple pieces sit good and make a spoke sandwich, you should be good to go.

So can I use a hub adapter or do i need to go with gromit

 

[Karl Snarl]

So can I use a hub adapter or do i need to go with gromit

either or, with hub adaptor you may need a spacer. They make spacers for all the basic hubs I ever seen so far.

 

[CrispyLeaves98]

What is a spacer and what does it do? Could you provide some links?

 

[Karl Snarl]

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the spacer takes up the empty space on the hub adaptor to mate with the hub middle. If it's not to far off, you can use locktite retainer and some popcan, but if its a gap, you need a spacer.

 

[CrispyLeaves98]

Okay mine actually came with mine but I may have lost it, could I cut out some old inner tube possibly?

 

[Karl Snarl]

ehhh, you really want a solid tight, and i mean tight hold. If not it will slip and rip out spokes.

 

[CrispyLeaves98]

ehhh, you really want a solid tight, and i mean tight hold. If not it will slip and rip out spokes.

Okay the thingy (hub adapter) goes on tight even without tigthening, like not tight tight but tight if you slide it on. You think that would be fine

 

[Karl Snarl]

Okay the thingy (hub adapter) goes on tight even without tigthening, like not tight tight but tight if you slide it on. You think that would be fine

torque it down, then try with everything ya got to move it. if it wiggles even a tiny tiny bit, it wont work. If you can move it at all, do not try to run the bike.