Thread: Crack in steel dropout...What to do?
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Old 11-05-08, 09:04 PM
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+1 Looks old, due to discoloration of metal inside crack area. Fresh crack would have bright metal showing.

+1 Find someone good to weld it/braze it. Or better yet, perhaps a new drop out.
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