Hey all,
I come to you in a bit of a pickle. I noticed last weekend that my rear 404 had a bit of lateral play in it - probably about 1mm left and right, enough for some brake rub under load etc. No worries I thought, I know how to adjust the cap over the bearings to take out the play. I duly put my 2mm allen key in and started turning. The thing was seized. To cut a long story short, after a few attempts, I have now threaded the top of the bolt, so now all that happens is my allen key just spins and won't grip. Sad times. I have tried to hammer a 2mm torx into there and this worked once but not enough to make the bolt loosen.
So, my question is two fold.
1) Has anyone had this happen to them and what did you do? I have a dremmel and a small enough drill bit to fit in there but I am afraid that I will strip the thread when drilling the bolt out.
2) If I ride the rear wheel with this play am I asking for a catastrophic hub failure down the next hill? Is the play dangerous or is it a question that at the moment it is more of an annoyance? It's not a huge amount of play, but it is play none the less.
I have a bike race tomorrow AM and have no time to get it to my LBS or a mechanic - It's 20:00 in the UK and they are all shut and tomorrow's race starts at 7:30am.
Any ideas welcome!
I come to you in a bit of a pickle. I noticed last weekend that my rear 404 had a bit of lateral play in it - probably about 1mm left and right, enough for some brake rub under load etc. No worries I thought, I know how to adjust the cap over the bearings to take out the play. I duly put my 2mm allen key in and started turning. The thing was seized. To cut a long story short, after a few attempts, I have now threaded the top of the bolt, so now all that happens is my allen key just spins and won't grip. Sad times. I have tried to hammer a 2mm torx into there and this worked once but not enough to make the bolt loosen.
So, my question is two fold.
1) Has anyone had this happen to them and what did you do? I have a dremmel and a small enough drill bit to fit in there but I am afraid that I will strip the thread when drilling the bolt out.
2) If I ride the rear wheel with this play am I asking for a catastrophic hub failure down the next hill? Is the play dangerous or is it a question that at the moment it is more of an annoyance? It's not a huge amount of play, but it is play none the less.
I have a bike race tomorrow AM and have no time to get it to my LBS or a mechanic - It's 20:00 in the UK and they are all shut and tomorrow's race starts at 7:30am.
Any ideas welcome!