How to touch up my Braze on?
- Thread starter GoatBeard
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I don't want to be a doom-monger but the missing paint from the rivet heads and cracked paint around the joint suggests to me that the rivets are fatiguing and will eventually fail, so touching up the paint is probably the least of your worries. Can you see movement in the bracket relative to the frame when you operate the derailleur? If so I'd suggest you stop using the bike until it's sorted as this could be damaging the frame.
Potentially a scary undertaking but I'd suggest that the best course of action might be to drill out the rivets, remove the mount, clean everything up, re-attach the mount with new rivets then touch it up (or paint the bracket a different colour entirely prior to fitting to avoid an obviously bad match).
What's the bike just out of interest? Looks like an early-ish one from the branding. Has it done a lot of miles? IMO rivets aren't an ideal way of mounting a fairly highly-stressed component; a conclusion also apparently reached by Boardman as well as my 2017 Team Carbon's bracket is bolted on (hopefully to some sturdy inserts integral to the frame!).
Potentially a scary undertaking but I'd suggest that the best course of action might be to drill out the rivets, remove the mount, clean everything up, re-attach the mount with new rivets then touch it up (or paint the bracket a different colour entirely prior to fitting to avoid an obviously bad match).
What's the bike just out of interest? Looks like an early-ish one from the branding. Has it done a lot of miles? IMO rivets aren't an ideal way of mounting a fairly highly-stressed component; a conclusion also apparently reached by Boardman as well as my 2017 Team Carbon's bracket is bolted on (hopefully to some sturdy inserts integral to the frame!).
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Found in the Yorkshire hills ...
- Location
- Dewsbury, West Yorkshire
There's some potential movement there. However, if you're looking for paint suggestions I'd suggest Humbrol enamel or similar - one of the reds would match.
I like Skol
A Minging Manc...
- Location
- Sunny Ashton-under-Lyne
X2, that ain't no braze-on. Carbon frame with mech hanger glued and riveted (maybe only riveted which would be poor IMO.
Touching up the paint is a waste of time until the fixings are re-done. Might be worth talking to a carbon frame repairer but if it where mine I would be looking to renew the rivets myself and putting some kind of bonding agent (glue to you and me, but it needs to be the right kind) on there as well
Touching up the paint is a waste of time until the fixings are re-done. Might be worth talking to a carbon frame repairer but if it where mine I would be looking to renew the rivets myself and putting some kind of bonding agent (glue to you and me, but it needs to be the right kind) on there as well
