Flaps (canti stud content)

barry2017 · May 22, 2009

I've bought yet another frame, and it's arrived today.
What the owner failed to mention is one of the canti studs is bent.
Has anyone ever bent a canti stud back into alignment? It's not very far gone, if I ran it with a booster maybe it'd hold.
Or are the forks a write off?
The rest of the frame is quite nice. Exactly the same as the Fisher I sold to Sheffield, in fact.

mtbfix · May 22, 2009

Is it the post itself that is bent? I would have thought that if a brake can be fitted that the misalignment could be negated with pad set up.

cchris2lou · May 22, 2009

you should be able to bend it back .

barry2017 · May 22, 2009

I'll have a go at setting them up, but half the brakes were missing too.
Off to the shed for a canti brake.

barry2017 · May 22, 2009

Forget I said any of that, they're not bent at all!
They're fine, it's just that the mount is a funny shape. It's exactly the same on the other side once you take the brake off.

Still, rather too big for me. On the swaps board, I'm afraid.

dyna-ti · May 22, 2009

Apply some heat first Chris
dont work it cold or it will snap

A paint stripping gun will get it hot enough[too hot to touch] to prevent any sudden shearing,mount a canti on it and apply gentle but firm pressure a little at a time
You will have to find a way to mount a square to check to see its progress
Also,You may not be able to see it moving so do a little at a time,Apply firm pressure then check ,apply pressure then check

A bit like handling a bear

No sudden movements

Flaps (canti stud content)

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