Joined: Feb 2012
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From: Rochester, NY
Bikes: Stewart S&S coupled sport tourer, Stewart Sunday light, Stewart Commuting, Stewart Touring, Co Motion Tandem, Stewart 3-Spd, Stewart Track, Fuji Finest, Mongoose Tomac ATB, GT Bravado ATB, JCP Folder, Stewart 650B ATB
By the grime/rust on the der I suspect that the mounting bolt/pivot has frozen in place. Can the der freely pivot on this bolt? I just did an upper pivot bolt R&R and found a lot of salt induced corrosion on it. So much so that the spring had also frozen into it's tang hole in the upper knuckle (that's the upper part of the der body). Andy.