Peuguot rear end question

[GeorgeET]

Nah never mind what imperial standards you got there in the UK. There were a lot of other thread patterns out there from French, Italians, Japanese and USA.

The axle nuts I went through were in a do it yourself bikerowave bike shop with boxes of used bike parts. None of the special axle nuts fit my Fuji or Schwinn axle. Several LBD had no parts at all and suggested replacing the wheel. For them with labor its cheaper.

As per shields and seals , my Fuji and Schwinn had very nice automotive/motorcycle type seals. These are usually available at seal and bearing shops and replaceable, if you can find one locally nower days. Replacing my worn cones with cones that worked (thread wise) but were of smaller OD resulted in a gap since I could not find a seal shop locally to get different seals I used o-rings on the cones to fill the gap. Shields do not do hell of a lot and good bikes use replaceable seals or currently sealed bearings. Shields that I have seen are also removable from the hub.Other variables are cone length which may require different shimming to fit dropouts. AND the beat goes on. Next time I may have to replace the wheel, for lock of parts. Bummer.