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Technical & Reference Section => Tech and Restoration => Topic started by: firebird4130 on March 05, 2010, 03:33 PM

Title: fixing thread on alloy seatclamp with solder?
Post by: firebird4130 on March 05, 2010, 03:33 PM

Is there any way to fix a threaded seatclamp using solder or something and then sticking the bollt in so it rethreads it/?
cheers

Title: Re: fixing thread on alloy seatclamp with solder?
Post by: MartyC on March 05, 2010, 03:43 PM

You can get it filled with alloy weld and then re-drilled and re-tapped with a thread however, it may not go as tight as you need to hold the seat post in place  :-\.

Title: Re: fixing thread on alloy seatclamp with solder?
Post by: soll36 on March 05, 2010, 03:48 PM

you could do it with a heli-coil (thread repairer), otherwise the bolt will pull out as said above when ya tighten it.....

Title: Re: fixing thread on alloy seatclamp with solder?
Post by: firebird4130 on March 05, 2010, 04:24 PM

hmmm, helicoil, sounds beyond me but I'll look into it
cheers  :daumenhoch: