Who makes a U-shaped shim/spacer for a vertical dropout?
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Thank you for the information here. You may have saved my frame.
I have bent the mech side dropout (I think) on my bike due to, fool that I am, overzealous strapping of my bike (and rear wheel) to the roof of my car.
The rear dropout on the mech side was upwards so I guess I bent it inwards resulting in the wheel rubbing a little against the chain stay on the other side.
I could attempt to bend the dropout back but it is only as thick as the deraileur hanger, and I have seen hangers break when being bent, so rather than attempt bending, adding a shim (or spokes and bond) to the bottom of the dropout on the other side would seem to be a safer choice. It only needs to be raised 2mm which I can do with a tightly clamped quick release but, as somone says, it drops back causing rubbing when I go over bumps.
I will use some little bits of metal and epoxy glue.
I have bent the mech side dropout (I think) on my bike due to, fool that I am, overzealous strapping of my bike (and rear wheel) to the roof of my car.
The rear dropout on the mech side was upwards so I guess I bent it inwards resulting in the wheel rubbing a little against the chain stay on the other side.
I could attempt to bend the dropout back but it is only as thick as the deraileur hanger, and I have seen hangers break when being bent, so rather than attempt bending, adding a shim (or spokes and bond) to the bottom of the dropout on the other side would seem to be a safer choice. It only needs to be raised 2mm which I can do with a tightly clamped quick release but, as somone says, it drops back causing rubbing when I go over bumps.
I will use some little bits of metal and epoxy glue.
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Thank you for the information here. You may have saved my frame.
I have bent the mech side dropout (I think) on my bike due to, fool that I am, overzealous strapping of my bike (and rear wheel) to the roof of my car.
The rear dropout on the mech side was upwards so I guess I bent it inwards resulting in the wheel rubbing a little against the chain stay on the other side.
I could attempt to bend the dropout back but it is only as thick as the deraileur hanger, and I have seen hangers break when being bent, so rather than attempt bending, adding a shim (or spokes and bond) to the bottom of the dropout on the other side would seem to be a safer choice. It only needs to be raised 2mm which I can do with a tightly clamped quick release but, as somone says, it drops back causing rubbing when I go over bumps.
I will use some little bits of metal and epoxy glue.
I have bent the mech side dropout (I think) on my bike due to, fool that I am, overzealous strapping of my bike (and rear wheel) to the roof of my car.
The rear dropout on the mech side was upwards so I guess I bent it inwards resulting in the wheel rubbing a little against the chain stay on the other side.
I could attempt to bend the dropout back but it is only as thick as the deraileur hanger, and I have seen hangers break when being bent, so rather than attempt bending, adding a shim (or spokes and bond) to the bottom of the dropout on the other side would seem to be a safer choice. It only needs to be raised 2mm which I can do with a tightly clamped quick release but, as somone says, it drops back causing rubbing when I go over bumps.
I will use some little bits of metal and epoxy glue.
If it is steel, and not too far out of whack, I'd try bending it back. Although, I'm a bit puzzled by the bending necessary for vertical displacement.
If I was making a shim, I'd take a 10x1 nut, and grind it into an elliptical shape so that it would fit up into your dropout. Tighten it snug, but not super tight onto your axle.
