Hey all, I’m a noob with bike tech so please bear with me. I’ve got a Trek 3700 for which I ordered a very standard third party cargo carrier rated up to 55lbs, to be mounted from the rear eyelets. It includes spacers for a disc brake bike and indicated it would fit “any disc brake bike” so I figured it would be a quick and easy install once received. Of course I am naive for thinking I could just purchase something and install it 🙃 agh
I didn’t catch this when I checked before purchasing the rack, but the eyelet on the non drive side is occupied. The bolt is not broken but is actually secured from the other side of the eyelet. To get to it I will have to take off the wheel, remove the white brake housing (?), and take off the disc…. Which I would really like to avoid as I don’t have the tools, time, or experience to feel confident taking on that much additional work. Has anyone run into a similar issue? Any clever ideas to get around this?
At this point it’s pretty clear I bought the wrong product for my bike. But I am way past the return window so trying to just make it work. Would love to stay as close to the 55lb capacity as possible so I’m questioning the use of P clamps, but maybe some clamps near enough to those eyelets could get me close. TIA.
by Mr_Slyguy
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The disc is attached to the wheel and will come out if you drop out the wheel. The brake caliper and housing will remain in place.
If you take out the wheel you should be able to access that bolt from the inside, and figure out your spacer situation to get the rack fixed.
Just go for it, you will learn a lot and save money in the long run.
Keep something like Google Gemini close, you’ll be surprised how good it is in helping with questions on bike maintenance.