Rear axle nut
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Maybe just get an adjustable wrench. Then you can do more different sizes.
Of course you'll have to decide if you need a metric or standard adjustable wrench<grin>
Of course you'll have to decide if you need a metric or standard adjustable wrench<grin>
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Take the nut (or bike) to the hardware store?
Buy a $3 digital caliper on eBay?
Upgrade to a hollow axle with skewer?
Buy a $3 digital caliper on eBay?
Upgrade to a hollow axle with skewer?
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Probably a 15mm wrench will work, as @alcjphil suggests. An adjustable wrench will work, but has a higher risk for damaging the nut. The box end of a combo wrench is the preferred tool. About the only bikes with nutted axles I encounter with something other than metric axle nuts are old American bikes with SAE spec nuts.
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