Re: [CR]How to remove bent dropout adjuster screws?

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From: <Philcycles@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Jul 2006 13:02:00 EDT
Subject: Re: [CR]How to remove bent dropout adjuster screws?
To: tr4play@cox.net, classicrendezvous@bikelist.org


In a message dated 7/7/06 9:51:57 AM, tr4play@cox.net writes:
>Help! I've got a frame (an otherwise very nice Sachs that I want to ride
>tomorrow) that has both dropout adjuster screws bent fairly severely.
>What is the best way to remove them without damaging the threaded holes
>that they reside in? Both are bent sufficently so that they cannot be
>straightened enough to still unscrew in their normal manner.

Maybe Richard could help but I have yet to find a DO screw so damaged that it couldn't be unscrewed from one side or the other.
Phil Brown
San Rafael, Calif.