Jack Gabus wrote:
> I have a snapped adjustment screw on a back drop out. You know
> the bad one where no one can get to it. Any new great ideas on how to
> remove it or am I toast.
You might ask Bill Davidson (of Davidson Cycles / Elliott Bay Bicycles in Seattle). He has taken frames with that problem to a machinist with a wire EDM, which I believe stands for Electron Discharge Machining and is capable of drilling a very accurate hole. After drilling out the body of the screw, the dropout threads can be chased with a tap. Don't know what it costs but it was deemed worth it to save a nice frame.
Davidson's guy isn't the only place to have that done of course -- you may know a local machinist you can take it to.
Most dropouts can be replaced by a framebuilder too, not too expensive usually, but it ruins the paint of course.
Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA