Help ! Bottle cage bolt stuck in frame.

[Flixton]

Here goes with my first post !
Got a nice shiny new bike off my wife for Christmas (Specialized Tricross) . First time out I swapped my bottle cage off my old mountain bike. On returning from the ride I tried to swap the cage back to my old bike only to find that the bolt was cross threaded. I managed to get it out but the the thread in the Rivnut it knackered. Stupidly I figured that possibly a different nut would would cut a new thread .............wrong ! I now have a second nut stuck in the Rivnut and my attempts to force it in or out has resulted in the Rivnut starting to spin freely in the frame. I realise that I can possibly drill the nut out and maybe push the Rivnut into the frame but I am really nervous about doing it myself as the bike is still so nice and shiny !! Tried a LBS who weren't interested as I hadn't purchased the bike off them. Any ideas or any suggestions as to who could repair in the Liverpool area gratefully received.

 

[L14M]

Try another LBS - just for future reference as if they don't want new buisness then they are tw@ts..

 

[Flixton]

Try another LBS - just for future reference as if they don't want new buisness then they are tw@ts..

I agree, When I said that I had bought the bike offline they as good as sneered at me ............strange as this particular shop also has a online shop themselves. Maybe they had missed out on this sale but a bit of help and advise could have made them a few quid for the repair and maybe assured them of future business. For all they know I could be an eccentric millionaire who buys a new bike every week !!!

 

[Peteaud]

Try another LBS - just for future reference as if they don't want new buisness then they are tw@ts..

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ this.

 

[Cyclopathic]

Is this something that might be covered under warranty? I don't know if your attempts to fix it might affect this but might be worth a try. It's not usual for this to happen on a new bike and was probably because of a small fault in the metal of the bolt.

It might be easy enough to re-thread but it is also possible that the hole has been made too big for the original bolt and may need tapping out to the next size up. Obviously this is not ideal but will be a working solution as long as the holes in the bottle cage are large enough. Also something probably left to a pro if you haven't done this sort of thing before.

 

[Chris-H]

I think the whole bike is now knackered ............. But considering this is your first post and coincidentally I'm wanting a tricross I'll give you £20 for it an take a chance

Seriously though you could drill the head out, tap the remnants into the frame and try a new rivnut if all else fails but as mentioned above I'd try to get it sorted under warranty first, just don't mention you cross threaded it though

 

[young Ed]

I think the whole bike is now knackered ............. But considering this is your first post and coincidentally I'm wanting a tricross I'll give you £20 for it an take a chance

Seriously though you could drill the head out, tap the remnants into the frame and try a new rivnut if all else fails but as mentioned above I'd try to get it sorted under warranty first, just don't mention you cross threaded it though

c'mon that's not good enough i'll give 'im 30 quid!?
taping it may well be your best bet now
but again try warranty or even if there is no warranty offered than contact seller claiming bike is faulty and trading standards does state you have a right to return a faulty product with in i think it is 30 says or so?
Cheers Ed

 

[totallyfixed]

Look up a small engineering firm and give them a call, should be a simple job for them.

 

[roadrash]

but trading standards doesnt state that you have a right to return a faulty product (that was fine when you bought it but you farked up yourself) does it .

As @L14M said , find a bike shop that does want the work

 

[young Ed]

but trading standards doesnt state that you have a right to return a faulty product (that was fine when you bought it but you f***ed up yourself) does it .

As @L14M said , find a bike shop that does want the work

but you just say it was in no way your own fault! simples
Cheers Ed

 

[young Ed]

No.

sorry was meant as a joke
please don't break laws/rules and then blame it on me i was not telling you to seriously
Cheers Ed

 

[sazzaa]

Same thing happened with my OH's Spesh, LBS were pretty rubbish about it.

 

[ShipHill]

Look up a small engineering firm and give them a call, should be a simple job for them.

Agree. I work in a small engineering works and it's a wonder we get any actual work done sometimes what with all the bicycle, motorbike and go-kart stuff we do.

 

[robgul]

My take would be to super glue a thin rod into the errant spinning Rivnut so that you (or better, another pair of hands) can hold it still ... and then VERY CAREFULLY use a small-disc angle grinder or even a Dremel type machine to cut the top of the Rivnut. Difficult to describe how to do it ... but work at an angle to cut it into bits that can be squeezed off with a pair of pliers. Assuming the residue drops into the frame it should be no problem to fit new Rivnut. [I have a Rivnut gun here - where are you?] Looking on the black side ... you might scratch the paint around the Rivnut with the grinder, but the new cage frame should cover that.

Rob

 

[Smurfy]

I agree, When I said that I had bought the bike offline they as good as sneered at me

Good grief! Bitterness at the online market, and perhaps even a touch of schadenfraude!

As for a DIY solution, @robgul has got the right idea.