My Atlantis has a totally stripped front rack eyelet as well. No problem. I just use a longer bolt and put a flat washer and nylon lock nut on the back side. In fact, I'm pretty sure it's a stronger connection than the stock setup!
On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 2:14:46 PM UTC-6, masmojo wrote: > > Just to add to this somewhat, the paint on these frames is liberally > applied, and it seems to pool in the threaded eyelets for the racks & > whatnot. I ended up getting taps and chasing the theads on the detailer > hanger, and all the other threaded bits! > Prior to doing this the screws would not thread in straight & I was > afraid I would strip or crossthread them the way things were going. > After chasing all the threads everything went smoothly! -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
