Stripped the seat clamp bolt (female threads) on a QR Caliente. The threads that are stripped are part of the frame! This renders the bike useless unless you follow the ST advice on seat height.
How does one fix this so the seat is adjustable.
I know I could just glue the seat in place or any number of rigged workarounds.
I want to be able to sell the bike so I want to fix it. Help!
Go ahead and spank me for not using a torque wrench (use a torque wrench out there, people!).
And spare me the carbon hate.
The same thing happened to me. I drilled out the frame(aluminum),put a longer bolt in and used a washer and nut on the outside of the frame to tighten it up. Its not pretty,but it works.
because yours is a carbon frame you might be able to get someone skilled in the art to remove the threaded insert and bond in a new one. But that’s about all you’re going to get.
because yours is a carbon frame you might be able to get someone skilled in the art to remove the threaded insert and bond in a new one. But that’s about all you’re going to get.
Call QR… I had the original Lucero with the integrated seat clamp into the frame. It was a design flaw on the original. They gave me a new frame for cost.
Isn’t the seatpost collar on the Caliente an aluminum clamp that is glued into the frame? I looked at a few pics of various models online, and that’s what it appears to be.
If that’s the case, not a big deal. I had the same experience with my QR Tiphoon when the local Trek mechanic put on the collar clamp upsidedown, torqued away, and stripped two of the four bolt holes.
I was facing the same thing you were, and ABG recommended the helicoil as a fix. Many others recommended the helicoil. In the end, however, I bought a new clamp from ABG, and had a local bike shop superglue it into place (this is more legit than I make it sound, and I can give you a link to a discussion on this gluing in ST), and all has been well since.
Isn’t the seatpost collar on the Caliente an aluminum clamp that is glued into the frame? I looked at a few pics of various models online, and that’s what it appears to be.
No. Not glued to frame. Aluminum part has holes that the (2) bolts pass through. The bolts then thread into the frame to snug the seat post, just like the P2C. It’s the frame thread that’s toast. Bolt slides in and out freely.
When totally loosened that little metal piece comes off.