Old 10-28-19, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by merziac
The venerable @gugie addressed this before with the hanging end of a Cresent wrench on the hanger that provides good leverage.

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@TenGrainBread has the wisest advice. You could probably cold set it back, but thatsa lotta bend in a very small region.

8" Crescent wrench is typically my tool of choice to open/close horizontal dropouts when they need just a bit. Note: works for 7 o'clock (Campy style) dropouts - the wrench hanger hole catches on the derailleur stop, which is hidden in this picture.



To open the hanger, a lot of tools would work, but an 8" Crescent handle is just about the right size and leverage. Note that the wrench I have above isn't a Crescent brand, but I've found that that the hole to hang the tool is about the same on all of them.
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