The aluminum shims are nice and lite, but it's very important that the tightening procedure is accurate and lucky, so that the spacer does not distort and stretch out of place giving an uneven seat. John is right on the SA spacers. Even better are the Campy steel spacers, which I think came in 1,1.5, and 2 mm. Chose your best chainline width and play. Even these had to be tightened slowly and without jerking to insure a seating of equal dimension and pressure. Dillitants who slap and ram stuff together either are very unhappy when things fail, or have very unhappy clients short of commitimg mayhem returning to the scene of the crime for satisfaction after the dastardly deed was perpretated on their pride and joy Ted Ernst Palos Verdes Estates, CA.
> There were standard aluminium shims available to bike shops in various
> widths. They are also useful for spacing fixed bb cups when necessary.
>
> Joe Bender-Zanoni
> Grand Isle, VT
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Thompson" <JohnThompson@new.rr.com>
> To: "Bianca Pratorius" <biankita@earthlink.net>
> Cc: <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
> Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 10:44 PM
> Subject: Re: [CR]Is there such a thing....
>
>
>> Bianca Pratorius wrote:
>>
>> > I am trying to put a 6 speed freewheel on an axle, but when I mount
>> > the
>> > freewheel the distance between the smallest cog and the right side
>> > dropout is larger than in other bikes that I have. Is there such a
>> > thing
>> > as a freewheel spacer that I can use to keep the freewheel from
>> > threading all the way in? This might be a problem in that I am trying
>> > to use a Shimano freewheel on a Suntour hub. I only need to get the
>> > freewheel a bit bit closer to the derailleur to get the shifting to be
>> > closer to original spec. I am also trying to accomplish the same thing
>> > by using a slightly narrower spacing than the original Suntour spacers
>> > came out to, but it is closer to the slightly narrower spacing that the
>> > frame seems to be originally designed for.
>>
>> I've always used Sturmey-Archer shims for this...
>>
>> --
>> John (john@os2.dhs.org)
>> Appleton WI USA