Just got off my flight to Kazakhstan and started reassembling my bike. I’m struggling to bolt my rear derailleur back on and then to my horror I realise I’ve damaged the first thread. Can’t for the life of me get it to thread right and think I’ve fucked it. Please help!
by LordLouM8
3 Comments
You should tap/chase it when you can. The bolt wants to ride that damaged path so if you can hold it straight and apply enough pressure to re-crossthread it past that first thread it’ll go on just fine. Might take some effort- be sure not to make it worse!
take the wheel off and screw it in from the other side. that might chase the threads then take it off and put it on the right way.
You could try screwing it in from the back to chase the threads then try again from the front. Good luck. Hope it doesn’t hose your trip.