Originally Posted by
Peloton44
Thanks to all who responded! I will give it a go myself and report back. If it breaks I guess I will have to search out an expert to do the repair mentioned above.
Yes, these are repaired all the time. It was fairly common for the RD to overshift into the spokes breaking the dropout (that's why most frames now replaceable hangers). A good repair will preserve the micro adjust, a more crude one won't so if it breaks, you can PM me & I'll give you some names of shops that still know how to fix these right.