[Closed] Is this a crack?

Can you clean off the the bits of flaky paint or whatever it is as it's obscuring what is behind it?

Poopscoop FTW

I am such a ****

Is it all ok once you cleaned the bits off?👍

For what it's worth the paint on my following cracks, chips, peels, bursts into flames, gets owned with bombers or nuked from orbit if you look at it a bit squinty.
The frame itself seems entirely more resistant to impact than the orange or nicolai it replaced though.

@popscoop
Looks it, but will look in the light later hopefully

All I can see is scruffy paint or gunk or something.

edited : are you talking about the chipping around the black bolt head to the right, or the circular mark around what looks like the ISG tab?

enoverend - I think he's on about the chipping around the bolt to the right, the ring you refer to is a chain device mount and the chain device position can be put in several positions so the marks there are from where the device rests.

Doesn't look like a crack to me, just some swarf and loose paint.

It’s a no from me

wipe off all the crap and then run an indelible felt tip pen over the alleged crack then wipe off the surplus carefully, ink will stay in crack also try a very fine needle to see if it will penetrate the crack.

and a ver y bright led lamp or torch and a magnifying glass all help.

Looks like it is just the Gel coat cracking.

No from me.

sticker

It does look like you've overtorqued that bolt at some point though.

Grease it up well, the threads - and the shaft. The shaft can bind to the bushings when they're new, which can cause it to come loose - and then folk overtorque it dry, or with loctite. Don't do that, grease it.

Also, make sure to dry the standing water in the little cup under the shock. In later models there's a drain hole either side. The standing water can cause that bolt to rust or remove the grease and cause it to get stuck.

Prevention is better than cure in this case, as you're screwing directly into the carbon - unlike the latest models which have a captive nut.

A jewellers loupe is a handy tool to have in your tool box. Good for checking suspected cracks, scratches and that your headset cups are properly pressed in.

A jewellers loupe is a handy tool

Handy for any middle aged squinty buggers whose eyes aren't what they used to be.

Definitely a crack. Best hang it on the wall and not ride any bikes for a year or 5
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