# Nuts too big!
**URL:** https://fixed.org.au/t/nuts-too-big/46295
**Category:** Help
**Created:** [June 21, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nuts-too-big/46295 "2010-06-21T17:35:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Azz](https://fixed.org.au/u/Azz)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nuts-too-big/46295/1 "2010-06-21T17:35:26Z")
Something weird has happened!
I have two pairs of Velocity Aeroheads wheels and I’ve been swapping them between two bikes.
The nuts for one front wheel are now too big…
I know that rear axels are bigger than front but I’ve taken the wheel to GEAR and looked through all of their nuts and still couldn’t come up with something that is the right size…
Any ideas what size will fit?
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### Author:  [@alexb618](https://fixed.org.au/u/alexb618)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2010, 5:45pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nuts-too-big/46295/2 "2010-06-21T17:45:08Z")
what do you mean too big
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### Author:  [@Azz](https://fixed.org.au/u/Azz)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2010, 5:46pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nuts-too-big/46295/3 "2010-06-21T17:46:10Z")
won’t bite! slip threads when tightening
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### Author:  [@alexb618](https://fixed.org.au/u/alexb618)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2010, 6:12pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nuts-too-big/46295/4 "2010-06-21T18:12:55Z")
are you using a rear one on a front axle? or have you stripped the threads on the axle without noticing?
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### Author:  [@Azz](https://fixed.org.au/u/Azz)
#### Post date: [June 21, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://fixed.org.au/t/nuts-too-big/46295/5 "2010-06-21T18:24:31Z")
> [@alexb618](#):
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> are you using a rear one on a front axle? or have you stripped the threads on the axle without noticing?
Seeing I have been to a bike shop and gone through a lot of different sizes I reckon it might be stripped ☹