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Anyone ride with cracked dropouts pinch bolt?
What are the options for fixing?
New lowers regarding replacement, you can get either pinch bolt or qr fixed axles, the brown Talas 150 lowers don't exist anymore though.
Personally I wouldn't recommend using them with cracked lowers although I know a number of rider that have.
I rode a year with mine...
My LBS got them warrentied through Mojo (I just paid for a service), as they are an accepted (technical) failing.
Give Mojo a call, you never know.
been there. hamfistedly done that (i'm not proud). new lowers it was. mojo warrantied it. still to this day i don't know why cause i said it was my fault. will always love them and be in their debt (sort of...).
They are the brown ones, got them today but under closer inspection the cracks are visable! 🙁
gonna call mojo in the morning!
mine were cracked for about 2 years, I didnt even know until they went in for a service. Mojo replaced them for free on the basis that I paid for a full service.
What did they replace them with? Newer ones?
£320 for Qr lowers from mojo ouch ouch ouch
The reason they get warrentied is that its far too easy to tighten the pinch bolts so they break - the ones that replaced them seem to have a smaller gap, plus as a user you realise that loctite is your friend...
Chip mail me 😉
b r yes the gap was a bit too big and the torque needed was low at 19in/lbs or 2.13 Nm, so easy to over tighten.
I got some shims made up to fit in the gap to stop them being 'closed up too' far when I was at Mojo.
YGM loco
They replaced mine with identical lowers, at the time mojo were still supplying them, I dont know when they stopped being able to supply them.
Wasn't it the case that the warranties were a good will gesture as technically this was a user fault but it was so easy to do that it was sort of regarded as poor design? I never broke mine as I was reminded of the torque settings when I bought them, but Mojo but washers in when they were serviced anyway.
Just looked and think this has happened to mine, is this the same?
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Thats the crack! £320 mojo or 287ish form loco! Over Tightening im afraid 🙁
runs off to cry in a corner 😥
[url= http://www.realcycles.com/products.php?show=2313 ]Anyone know if these will be the same for a replacement?[/url]
If they are not all cracked...Shirley they can still be ridden?
That might have to be the case if the costs to replace are too much, after all what's the worst that can happen.