bent dropouts

[Dylan Kasson]

on the a4 or old Bs every time i take the wheel off i cant get the spacers back in so i have to bend the dropout back into place im afraid this is over time going to snap does anybody have this happen to them heres some pics

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[Steven_T]

Uhh...Its not that hard to get em back in...Jes takes time and patience, once you learn how its not hard...but yea ya know, good job....bend your drop outs..

 

[james]

wow i dont have that problem but what u wonna do is try and just saw a llittle bit off so the u dont need to and if theres a to big of gap get some really thin washers off a skateboard or something.

 

[Miles Quirk]

um thats a bad idea...
but yeah i have the same problem occasionally..i had those things..

 

[Dylan Kasson]

i know i do bend them back but i do it all the time so im thinking it will eventually snap??????? like when you bend plastic or something like thst

 

[cycle]

yea it will end up snapping id just find some diffrent spacers or use something else but works like myne i had to find some smaller spacers.

 

[Dylan Kasson]

you really dont know what yuor talking about they dont make spacers that size its just barely smalller than the regular spacers

 

[Miles Quirk]

shave off some

 

[Jake Carlyon]

Dude you have to be kidding! Sif you cant get the spacers in in 10 seconds. Just put your allan key through the first spacer the bearings and spacer in your wheel and the other spacer and the allan key will holkd everything in the right spot so you just get the long bolt and push the end of the ellan key out and your done!

 

[Brian Boston]

Avoid 5-0 and 50-50 grinds!!! Thats what happens when you do them, old B spacers are better than the new a's. I allways replace mine

 

[Dylan Kasson]

i dont do any 5-0 or 50-50

 

[Thomas Agasid]

Yeah Brian, That used to happen to me on my new a's, I used to use the spacers from the old b's since they were bigger, then after awhile i would start usiong the spacers from the new a's. I don't know why but my wheels spun faster with the smaller spacers. But definately don't bend them back, find some good wheels or something so you don't have to change it often, and try to find out why you keep bending the drop outs like that, and try to do something so that won't happen.

 

[joeyamos]

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