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Sheared off kickstand bolts. Repair shop recommends drilling the chainstay, should I try the bolt extractor first?
You'll only have one shot at this repair and have to do it right, twice in a row. As such I see two "safe" options.
Send the frame to a bike shop or someone handy with tools who has done ...
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Shallow ring of death
The video is from an internet personality who a) behaves extremely problematically, b) has no engineering training, and c) has a thing about carbon fiber.
Raoul Luescher is a much more credible source ...
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Sheared off kickstand bolts. Repair shop recommends drilling the chainstay, should I try the bolt extractor first?
With the heads gone it's likely there is no thread preload. There can still be significant friction to overcome from either loctite or other issues with the threads. Cutting a screwdriver slot in with ...
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