Thanks for the advice. It is a drive side brazed-on eyelet. I would have simply used a through-bolt and locking nut, except that there is so little clearance between the chain and the eyelet. Had not thought of the obvious solution of reversing the head of a button bolt, and will give that a shot first ... I don't completely understand what I'm getting into with the helicoil insert, but will investigate. Am perilously close to investing in a good tap and dye set, I fear.
On Tuesday, December 23, 2014 10:28:28 PM UTC-6, Mobile Bill wrote: > > Hope y'all are getting some time off for riding. In the 70s here, but > raining cats and dogs for two days, so working on my bikes and looking for > the most practical, creative and immediate solution to a stripped braze-on > on my Betty, unfortunately the BO to which the rear rack attaches. Don't > know how it happened. Just noticed the rack was loose, and that I could > tighten. The 5 mm screw was a little bunged, as well. Tried another screw > and it gripped a little deeper, but eventually started spinning as well. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
