My thoughts: 1. Take a picture and post it to the group 2. Heat wont do you any good. Hot enough to make a difference with the metal will burn the paint off, and you don't want to do that 3. It would probably be good to have a pro look at it, particularly because your r. der tab probably should also be checked for alignment, and there's a tool for that
On Thursday, September 26, 2013 4:16:25 PM UTC-7, cbone97 wrote: > > I'm preparing to build up the Sam H. I bought used here now that my tires, > cables n' stuff are in from Riv. > > Some time after the frame was delivered I noticed I could slide the rear > hub in because the drive side is "pinched" shut just a tiny amount. You > can't > tell by looking at it. Could've happened in shipping, I don't think the > seller knew, and it really doesn't matter. I just want it fixed. > > In harnessing the power of allmighty google, it looks like most folks > suggest just gently leveraging the dropout back open. > > Any experience or advice with this? I'm not afraid to try, primarily just > wondering if I should apply heat or if there's a better method. I wanna be > careful not to open the dropout too much. > > Thanks in advance. Hopefully I'll post pics of my first Riv beautifying > the Katy trail soon. > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
