I'm not familiar with your hardtail, but yeah, maybe you should drill a dimple in the axle plates and grind bevels on the ends of your adjuster bolts, still the axle nut should be kind of snug when adjusting the chain. Maybe your hard tail fabricator left the axle plate semi-finished, just as most of them don't stamp increments to adjust the chain.
I'd use a split point drill bit to dimple the axle plate, probably 1/4".
Scott
I'd use a split point drill bit to dimple the axle plate, probably 1/4".
Scott
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