Fix a water bottle cage threaded insert?
04-23-18, 05:08 AM
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Fix a water bottle cage threaded insert?
Don't know exactly how this happened but needs to be replaced. I didn't strip the threads but the entire insert spun. I'm told this is replaceable but an expensive job. Anyone know anything about this? FWIW it's on an AL frame Masi road bike.
04-23-18, 05:30 AM
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Here is some info. https://www.parktool.com/blog/repair...ottle-fittings I don't think a shop would charge much.
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What is your frame material, steel, aluminum, are carbon fiber? It's easy to do yourself however depending on the frame material requires a little caution when drilling out the old rivnut. You can pick up a rivnut tool kit for under $30. Rivnuts are are quite common in the avaition industry.
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/w...CABEgJ1KfD_BwE
https://www.summitracing.com/parts/w...CABEgJ1KfD_BwE
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In almost all the cases I've encountered, the method suggested on the Park Tool site referenced by @shelbyfv above is sufficient. Try that before you go to the bother of removing the old insert and installing a new one.
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I've had the job done by a shop, and the cost was minimal, perhaps even trivial, as I don't even recall how much it was.
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It's a rivnut. They're not expensive at all. You just need to get someone (or yourself) that knows how to put a new one in. As its an aluminum bike this will be a piece of cake. It may come out quite easily or it may need to be drilled out either way its a matter of taking the old one out and putting a new rivnut it. It may need to be bored out slightly larger but it will still be straightforward.
