The other day toward the end of my longer ride I flew over the bike as it came to a sudden halt. Well, the rear dereilleur was in the spokes and the RD hanger broken off.
Here is my problem: Part of that screw from the RD Hanger is now in the frame part and I can’t get it out. Yes, the top of that screw is broken off. I’m trying to get it out but don’t have much success yet…Anybody has experience with that?
thanks,
daniel
i might get a smaller screw with a flat point, and put a small amount of JB weld on it and carefully attatch it to the screw that’s stuck in the frame, being sure that none of the glue gets on the frame (do this with the frame on it’s side). let it dry over night and uncrew it in the morning.
I just JB welded my carbon break hood back together after a spill over teh weekend, that stuff is very strong and saved me a load of time and money. It’s like duck tape for metal and carbon.
There are bolt extractors. These are commonly found in the auto industry. Go to ebay and do a top level search on bolt extractors. That will educate you. You will even find some at Home Depot.
The best ones have you drill out a hole and the extractor screws in with a left hand thread.
Good luck.
I would give JB Weld a bit more credit than calling it the duct tape for metal and carbon. I use a close relative of it (System 3 Metal Weld) to bond metal parts into my carbon fibre creations. It is a very strong two part epoxy.
What does one bond the metal insert (for the star nut) into an Alpha Q fork with? The supplied JB Weld.
But you’re right about JB Weld- it’s great stuff. Your repair will almost always be stronger than the area was before the break.
One other thing I would add- if you put electrical tape on the parts you don’t want JB Weld onto, it will not stick to electrical tape. This goes for any super-slick surface. This is why one must rough up any surfaces to be bonded when using epoxy.
thanks. I’ll give that a try and make sure that the rest of the frame is protected by duct tape and newspaper. thanks for all you guys’ input.
daniel
Your right, that was a bad comparison, JB weld is incompareable.
I can just see it on TV,
Judge: “Mr. Bryant, i have good news”
Kobe: “I’m not guilty”
Judge: “No, JB weld just saved me a boat load of money on bike repairs”