When I say problem, catastrophe would probably be a better word.
My replacement main pivot for my M10 arrived yesterday and I just tried to fit it.
It's gone very badly wrong.
I removed the little Allen bolt that holds the expander wedge in, and then removed the main pivot bolt using a 8mm Allen.
Unfortunately when it came out it was almost smooth with the alloy female thread ingrained in the male thread.
I think that what happened is that the expander shim whatsit on the near side didn't move properly and so instead of it coming outwards it stuck solid. As I turned the Allen key the bolt stayed still and stripped the chainstay thread.
Did I do something wrong?
There was no other way of doing it from what I could see. I couldn't move the sleeve or whack it to displace it as it was hidden in the frame.
Will phone orbea/ bike shops tomorrow, but any guidance/ info/ opinion on whether I screwed up would be appreciated.
( but be gentle, I may just have made myself bikeless for 8 months)
EDIT: Ah, scrub that, you've stripped the actual frame thread? No wonder you're feeling awful. I can't see you've done anything wrong as long as you weren't absolutely heaving on it.
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might help
Funnily enough, I looked at that beforehand. Was helpful. Or at least I thought it was.....
uggski vid with Ralon
Yep. Watched that video too. It all looked so easy.
purple linkage tool vid
Got a bit worried when I saw that tool, and thought perhaps it was something cunning to unbind the shims, but it wasn't. Again, i did what was shown in that video to take it apart...
Just that instead of the bolt coming put, the chainstay thread stripped
( and no I didn't tighten it by mistake )
I have to do the same for my Occam sometime. May just send it to the shop 🙁
