PACE RC35 repair - advice needed

[carlhcyc]

Hi all,
I recently purchased a mint looking pair of RC35s from 1993/94 for a 1993 Kona Cinder Cone build. Unfortunately, I have now noticed that one of the alloy dropouts has disbonded from the carbon leg. Does anyone know if a repair is possible and who might be able to do the job? Any advice greatly appreciated!
Cheers,
Carl

 

[Antstark]

@justbackdated is your man for advice here. Maybe post a pic of the offending leg?

 

[ishaw]

As above. He repaired w set of rc31s for me, debonded drop out, iirc he replaced both with new ones. He also built me a set of custom rc31s in 24 inch wheel form, I may have the oy set of rc24s, he even did me some custom decals which I wasn't expecting. Various pace fork services over the years too, and always excellent.

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

I had this problem.

I bought some (very) industrial epoxy designed for the purpose (sorry I can't remember what it was) scuffed up the inside of the leg and the dropout with some 80 grit sandpaper, cleaned it, and bodged it all together. If you do it with the forks assembled, you can pop the wheel in and it will self align.

It's no worse than it was from the factory IMO.


*Edit* I think it was 3m dp190

 

[My_Teenage_Self]

Araldite 2015 would be perfect for that too.

 

[carlhcyc]

I had this problem.

I bought some (very) industrial epoxy designed for the purpose (sorry I can't remember what it was) scuffed up the inside of the leg and the dropout with some 80 grit sandpaper, cleaned it, and bodged it all together. If you do it with the forks assembled, you can pop the wheel in and it will self align.

It's no worse than it was from the factory IMO.


*Edit* I think it was 3m dp190

Thanks, that’s great! Currently can’t get the dropout to pull away from the fork leg. It spins freely but with no vertical movement.