Rear Skyway Tuff - freewheel spacer

[jimwise68]

Just sourced some yellow tuffs, but the rear is missing a freewheel spacer.

Not sure what bit that is, are they easily obtainable?

[BrianP]

doesn't ring any bells jim, can't think what that's for. 

[ronnie360]

i cant think what that could be for jim dont think there is one on my rear tuff wheel 

[adeshere]

Post a pic of what you have got and maybe we can guess whats missing

[billstup]

Might be a casette type freewheel 

[jimwise68]

I don't know what it is either. 

Just about to buy some mint yellow tuffs but the bloke says that the freewheel spacer is missing?

Just thought that someone might know what it is.

On my tuffs the freewheel just screws on.

I'm sure it will be usable. He prob just means the freewheel.

[Preston Pirate]

My guess, like you say, is he means the freewheeel..

Ask him to send a picture of what's there and explain what he means is missing...

[jimwise68]

Have done Mr Pirate.

Let the mystery unfold. 

[Bren Gunn]

I think it may be the very wide washer that goes between the cone and cone locking nut on the spindle, it's about 1/2" long.


Bren

[gjs]

There should be a large washer(spacer) that goes on before the freewheel,about 3mm thick.Thats why its always a nightmare getting freewheels off because everyone looses the spacer.It stops the f.wheel locking on really tight

[Rombloke]

no i fancy that bren is correct, its a small piece of tube that fits over the axle before the final cone lock nut, thus giving you a bit of space between the freewheel and the rear dropout.
easily obtainable at your lbs



Dave

[BrianP]

I take it this is only an issue on the newer (old) tuffs Dave?

My old set (alloy hubbed) don't have it, but my newer (still old) plastic hubbed tuffs do. 

Jim, what sort you getting?

Bp.

[jimwise68]

No looks like GJS is correct looks like the thread is missing.

Can these be purchased?

here is a pic

[BrianP]

Cool! cassette type hub skyways  . not so many of them about now. (i had a red set of those back in '82 on my first bmx (mongoose) with steel hubs front and back).

shimano dx cassette hubs (at least the newer black ones with red logos) and also the odyssey cassette hub driver come with a spacer behind the sprocket.

that'd be the ticket of it was the same spline configuration as on ur tuffs.

might be worth seeing if you could get one of those to try? someone on here may have swapped their regular odyssey driver for a one piece type and has a spare driver lying about which you could use as a donor for the spacer if it was the same spline set-up on the freewheel.
Plus it's only alloy, so if necessary u could easily modify it to suit.

(and if they are the same spline configuration as your skyways, it means you can go down as small as a 12t sprocket on the back...)

Bp.

[jimwise68]

Nice one Brian. 

You da man.

[BrianP]

u've pm matey.

[jimwise68]

Bri you might have to send again, it hasn't come through.

[BrianP]

anything yet?