omgnoseat Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 The bolt that comes out of the dropout was completely stuck. I asked my dad to help but he just put a drol on it and probably killed the thread :/ It's still stuck now :/ any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviesdt Posted May 11, 2017 Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 Hide your dad's drill for starters. Which bolt? Got a photo? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted May 11, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2017 3 hours ago, Daviesdt said: Hide your dad's drill for starters. Which bolt? Got a photo? He tends to use the brute force approach It's the bolt that comes out of the dropout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviesdt Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Got a photo of the one that's stuck on your bike rather than a library photo? Presumably you mean the bolt on the end of the thread that goes through the hub and holds the wheel onto the frame? I don't get how it's stuck? Will it not turn anticlockwise to loosen? Is it rusted? Have you tried wd40 if so? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 no he means the one that sits inside the dropout to push the wheel out to tension the chain. is any of the bolt exposed at all or is it properly in there? you could always get it drilled out and helicoil the thread back... i use an echo frame with this dropout and tend to leave the hub slammed in the frame and use a heatsink tensioner to take up the slack on my chain. as having the bolt well far out causes them to bend and f**k up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Probably worth looking at your axle bolts/washers and stuff if that's the case. The tensioner bolts shouldn't really be taking the load of you riding (euphemism o'clock), so shouldn't really be bending... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ItsMatt Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 take the wheel out and let it soak in gt85 if all fails buy a new bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviesdt Posted May 12, 2017 Report Share Posted May 12, 2017 Ah, the grub screw, i get it now, yeah my echo has the same detail. Is it actually bent as suggested by ogre? If so you should be able to thread it out one way or the other. If it's rusted, wd40 or gt85 bath like Matt said. If it's been cross threaded it needs to come back out the way it went in but with a bit of brute force, you might bend the Allen key though. If you can get a Bradle and give it a tap it might shock it enough to allow it to move some, worth a go. If really stuck, when things seize on cars you quite often see heat applied with a burner, ok this is going to ruin your paint but depends on how much a problem the bolt is. If all else fails try and cut it off flush in the drop out and use a chain tensioner or snail cam's..... Not sure anyone else has any bright ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
omgnoseat Posted May 16, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Thanks everyone. Theres just no movement in the bolt, snapped every allen key trying to unscrew it. Now that I drilled it halfway I guess that theres no way back and I'll just have to helicoil it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daviesdt Posted May 16, 2017 Report Share Posted May 16, 2017 Unlucky dude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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