Actually that may only be the case with a scootrs version. Post a picture of the caliper mounting plate. Has the plate got anything stamped on it? On a Sterling it'll normally have SPAQ stamped on it in which case it may still need the thin nut on the disc side. Scootrs plate is different around the groove for the stub on the drum link, it has a secondary cut which allows the area around the stub on the link to sit deeper [so the thin nut isn't required] this allows the hub to sit more central. Without the "extra cut" around the groove you may still need to use the thin nut. Scootrs only has one nut [for the drum side] that's about 8mm thick. Sterling will have the "thin" nut, approx 3mm and a 5mm, approx, on the drum side.lambytone wrote: I didn't realise that the nut was not supposed to be on the housing side, so I've removed it. I've tried it in the links and can see how it goes together now, so no nut on the speedo side. It came with 2 smaller half nuts so that was why I used one on that side.
This may not always have been the case but has been for at least the last couple of years. Before that the scootrs version may not have had the secondary cut on the groove but I can't remember the 'nut' situation then.