Well, here is the Fargo at the LBS story. First, let’s meet Darcy from yesterday [she arranged my trailer drop-off]. She has been most helpful since. Little did I know that I’d have mechanical #2. Darcy, said get a truck and will will resolve your problem. Then, she offered suggestion on how I might go about that. Thanks! I consider her one of my angels as I pointed out in the story linked above.

Well, I got a truck [Dwight—you read the story] and arrived at the LBS around noon. There I met a staff eager to help and get me back on the road. Davis, standing just behind Darcy in the photo above, is the resident Rohloff expert and quickly determined that Mechanical #2 was NOT a Rohloff problem. I offered Ashley symptoms and sheared was possible. Thank goodness it was not. But, before that we had to get Fargo into the shop. The fit was too tight—had to remove the door.   Here is a better shot of Davis. I consider this crew, my heroes. I have both angels & heroes. Life is good,

[in spite of little challenges—opportunities to succeed].

Davis conferred with Ashley several times during the day. The problem is that the right axle is not staying locked in place by circlip. As a result, it moves to the right, or toward the outside of the quad. This allows the 6-stud wheel from staying coupled with the hub on the axle. When this happens, the crank can spin with out the effort moving the cycle—thus the question about the IGH.  There is also the issue of a bearing that is just floating on the axle.

Anyway, Davis resolve the problem and we thought I was ready to roll. Then, I noticed I have excessive brake drag on the left. That was the next challenge and took much longer to resolve. In doing so, you get ugly pictures like this. The bottom Lexan had to be loosen to give access to the disc brake caliper. My disc brake rotor has been eating away the surface of the caliper mount. Note the top right corner of the caliper mount. The black paint and some metal is gone.

This resolved and Fargo buttoned up, I was on my way to Brunswick. After riding about 3 miles, I discovered, what was thought to have been fixed, is not yet resolved. The circlip is NOT working. The axle [and thereby wheel] has shifted right. The studs do not engage the hub. My not having a hammer [who carries one on a tour] makes it much more difficult to get everything back in place, ultimately I was able to do so by hitting the wheel with my hand. I then rode off only to have a repeat of the problem. Of course, I’m talking to Ashley [when we could because of frequently dropped calls] looking for a solution to get me from the middle of nowhere to a town. Ashley’s thoughts are to prevent the wheel from moving to the right and making contact with the retaining nut and washer. We need a spacer. He asked if I had several items, one of which is a zip-tie. Well, I always carry those. Rather than one, I used two. I was able to ride on from just west of Bath to Brunswick. There, we have other stories—much to much to write about now. I’ll give you a bit more on the zip-tie thingy.