Rear dropout adjuster screws - educate me

[focomat 1c]

In the course of restoring a Viscount Aerospace Pro I recently needed to buy a pair of Track Adjusters. I decided, because of the ridiculous prices , to buy instead some M3 stainless steel Allen capscrews and matching dome nuts.

I now have a neat and rust free solution to the problem at a fraction of the price.

I tightened the dome nut firmly onto the screw, with the dome inside the dropout. I allowed for about 4mm of adjustment on both sides when cutting the screws to length. I installed the wheel with both adjusters fully 'out', and simply screwed in the appropriate adjuster to compensate for small frame inaccuracies.

If I need to remove the wheel I make sure both adjusters are up against the axle before releasing the Q/R

 

[Midlife]

Back in the dark days of the 70's we screwed the things so far down the dropout there was nothing sticking out the rear end at all

The only thing holding the wheel in was about 20% of the front part of the dropout ....... SWB was the fashion

Shaun