Uh Oh. Snapped Off A Hex Key In A Bolt Head.

[Lovacott]

Are you at a stage where you bite the bullet and just buy a replacement from mech.

I've got it out now and replaced it with a slightly longer machine screw which allows the head to remain slightly protruded at the tight end of the travel range.

I used superglue and an electrical screwdriver (quite a few times) to ease the old screw out far enough to get a pair of pointy nosed pliers on the head and fully extract it.

I reckon the only reason Shimano use such a short screw is aesthetics. There's no logical engineering reason to make an adjuster screw so small.

 

[Illaveago]

I've got it out now and replaced it with a slightly longer machine screw which allows the head to remain slightly protruded at the tight end of the travel range.

I used superglue and an electrical screwdriver (quite a few times) to ease the old screw out far enough to get a pair of pointy nosed pliers on the head and fully extract it.

I reckon the only reason Shimano use such a short screw is aesthetics. There's no logical engineering reason to make an adjuster screw so small.

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I'm glad of the successful outcome ! I can let my fingernails grow now !

 

[stoatsngroats]

Well done for your tenacity.

 

[Lovacott]

Well done for your tenacity.

I'm one of those dog with a bone kind of people.

 

[Tom B]

Pictures = Proof!

Well done though. I think we need to repeat the excercise with each of the proffered solutions!