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Oct 6 |
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Purpose of partially filled in rear drop out That sounds like good reasoning, but are you sure about that? It seems that with automation and materials costs it would make sense for a manufacturer to figure out their alignment problem. The frame in question is not great but not junk either. |
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Oct 3 |
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MIG Welds vs Brazing for simple bike hacks Thanks Daniel and WTH. Given the problems with MIG I will still experiment with it knowing that I can ruin the frame. @WTHarper (or anyone else) for brazing are the small Mapp Gas + Oxygen canister set-ups workable or do you really need full sized tanks with Acetylene, etc to get something done? |
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Oct 3 |
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MIG Welds vs Brazing for simple bike hacks Thanks, TIG does sound like the way to go. I asked about MIG because don't have access to welding equipment and the first few places I found that can provide something for me to use all just offer MIG. |
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Oct 2 |
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Adjusting disk brakes after taking off the wheel @original poster and everyone else - the first time I had this problem I didn't have a ready access to an allen key to make the adjustment. What I did for the short term was to make a very thin washer/shim by cutting a circle out of a clear plastic package (that some other bike part came in). I put it over the axle between the drop-out and bearing on the side that was rubbing. That moves the whole wheel over the width of the shim. But, this is just a short-term fix until you make the proper adjustment. |
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Oct 2 |
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Adjusting disk brakes after taking off the wheel @David Sopko - when the skewer is locked down, the fork drop-out is pinched between the bearing/cone and the skewer nuts. Backing off a bit would mean that the dropout is not being pinched as tightly. If the skewer is loosened enough to have any effect on the position of the caliper the wheel will almost certainly be too loose to ride. |
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Oct 2 |
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Adjusting disk brakes after taking off the wheel @Vorac - are you saying you make the adjustment and it is rubbing again next time? Or sometimes it rubs and sometimes it doesn't after wheel removal/replacement? If the former, you might have a rotor that is warping |
