Never seen a drop out drop-out before. It’s cooked unfortunately.
hotpot32 on
Yeah, thats not the bit thats supposed to be quick…..
Alert-Jellyfish on
Scary as fuck bro
BigRips0nly on
A quick release from this mortal coil
PM_ME_YOUR_ART_PLZ on
If you/someone you know is comfortable brazing you could try to repair this but to be safe you should find an actual frame builder. It’s definitely possible to repair but if it’s not an important bike/fork it may not be worth the cost to repair.
If you turn it into a stationary bike for indoor training you might be able to get away with JB Weld
Shirkaday on
It’s just like those little detachable carbon fiber kickstands!
mcnewbie on
if it’s steel this should be a simple fix. if it was my own bike i’d probably just wire-brush it, scrape up the surfaces with a rough file, stuff it full of JB weld, and send it.
of course you should get it sandblasted and professionally welded, though.
Horst_Leopold on
Well that’s interesting
personfromplanetx on
Would this happen if it was lugged?
perfectlycleansliced on
No, this one’s a drop in
velo_dude on
TL;DR: In almost every case, it will be cheaper and safer to have your local shop source a replacement fork (they’re common and inexpensive) than to try to repair this fork.
As others said, the braze joint failed. You could rebraze it but you’ll need abrassives to clean the metal, an oxy-propane torch (or oxy-acetelyne which is less common for the home mechanic), Stay-Silv rod and flux, welding goggles, some way of aligning the drop so that it’s parallel with it’s sibling (perhaps an old threaded axle and cone/lock nuts could work), time, knowledge of how to braze (which is a practiced skill), and a steady hand. Unless repaired by someone who’s knows how, there’s a high probability that the result would be a weak braze joint that would rebreak in short time.
I have the tools, the know-how, and some but not enough practice, and personally would not. I’d get a replacement built by a high volume factory in Taiwan that warrants their products. Fork falls can end badly.
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Never seen a drop out drop-out before. It’s cooked unfortunately.
Yeah, thats not the bit thats supposed to be quick…..
Scary as fuck bro
A quick release from this mortal coil
If you/someone you know is comfortable brazing you could try to repair this but to be safe you should find an actual frame builder. It’s definitely possible to repair but if it’s not an important bike/fork it may not be worth the cost to repair.
If you turn it into a stationary bike for indoor training you might be able to get away with JB Weld
It’s just like those little detachable carbon fiber kickstands!
if it’s steel this should be a simple fix. if it was my own bike i’d probably just wire-brush it, scrape up the surfaces with a rough file, stuff it full of JB weld, and send it.
of course you should get it sandblasted and professionally welded, though.
Well that’s interesting
Would this happen if it was lugged?
No, this one’s a drop in
TL;DR: In almost every case, it will be cheaper and safer to have your local shop source a replacement fork (they’re common and inexpensive) than to try to repair this fork.
As others said, the braze joint failed. You could rebraze it but you’ll need abrassives to clean the metal, an oxy-propane torch (or oxy-acetelyne which is less common for the home mechanic), Stay-Silv rod and flux, welding goggles, some way of aligning the drop so that it’s parallel with it’s sibling (perhaps an old threaded axle and cone/lock nuts could work), time, knowledge of how to braze (which is a practiced skill), and a steady hand. Unless repaired by someone who’s knows how, there’s a high probability that the result would be a weak braze joint that would rebreak in short time.
I have the tools, the know-how, and some but not enough practice, and personally would not. I’d get a replacement built by a high volume factory in Taiwan that warrants their products. Fork falls can end badly.