New wheel time. Just saying. Something carbon, I reckon.stevenaaus wrote: ↑Wed Oct 11, 2023 11:36 pmI can't identify it, or even open it. Note the direction of the "lock". Surely it's a normal right hand thread? I just don't want to put the wrench on it till I'm sure. It's too tight for the little Allen keys.
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But... if it's a hex key socket inside the axles, I'd go with a quality hex driver (socket set). VERY unlikely to be left-threaded.
Someone might have locktite'd the threads - I made the mistake of doing that using the wrong loctite on one hub, I could never get it apart again. I've also had some loctite creep on another one and the freehub bearing has stuck to the spindle - I'm sure it will come off with a press, but I'd have to drive the shaft out of the hub and that means replacing all the bearings.
New wheels is always tempting!