Thanks guys for the responses. I did change the QR today and it also looked to me like the Derailleur hanger is some fairly hard steel, not giving the QR nut a chance to dig in. I ground out the area of the hanger where the nut sits a small amount and filled it with brass, then filed off the excess. While I was at it I brazed up some nubs at the opening of the QR dropout that prevent the nut from sliding forward at all when it's tight. The sucker ain't goin nowhere now!
Last edited by brucewiley; 12-30-07 at 06:47 PM.