On 03/06/2004 04:28 AM, "Dennis Young" <mail@woodworkingboy.com> wrote:
> Help please!
>
> I have a frame where the drop out adjusting screw has a round button on the
> inside that presses up against the hub shaft. The button has a phillips
> indentation on the head of it. I want to remove the adjusting screw, but
> without first removing the button, I can't. I tried to turn the button with
> a driver in the slot, but no go. I hesitate to bugger up the knurled outer
> part with a pliers to get more purchase on the button. Rust is not a issue.
> Are these buttons meant to be removable?
The knurled outer part is the part that comes off. Then you remove the entire screw with a small Philips head screwdriver.
The screw is threaded from the inside of the dropout to the outside; i.e. from front to back.
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