I might be making things up as I go along, but some (all?) of the Nitto front racks use an m6 bolt brazed onto the end of a steel tube for the fork crown stay, so if there's any flexing it will stress the bolt<->bolt head junction (which has already been weakened by brazing it to the tube.) I've had one that failed like that pass through my hands, and there are pictures on flickr of other racks that have died in the the same way.
You might be able to find someone locally who can braze a new bolt on for you, and if not and you're willing to cover shipping send it to me and I'll braze a new bolt or a flat mounting plate onto it for you. -david parsons On Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 7:48:52 PM UTC-7, Patch T wrote: > > Hey Bunch, > > I posted not long ago asking advice on how best to secure a (still > un-proffered) rando bag to a mini front rack, specifically an integrated > decaleur model, which would potentially swap out the Nitto MIni Front (32F) > that came on my newish-to-me Quickbeam; a decision I was about to make > because after some (albeit not exhaustive) research I had come to the > understanding that an integrated rack/decaleur system was less shaky, less > noisy, less heavy, more stout, than purchasing a separate decaleur. I have > since been convinced otherwise, and my decision is not the story here. > > A week later, having still pushed no buttons and charged no accounts on > this matter, I noticed my (absolutely adored) 32F was a little loosey, and > upon further examination ruled out the mid-fork mounting points and settled > on the fork crown nut to the integrated rack-bolt-rod-thing. I tightened > said nut with ample, yet not-crazy pressure, and it happily spun to the > right after the briefest moment of uninspired resistance. And it continued > to spin under my firmgentle suggestion until the thang fell to the floor, > with half the threaded rod intact. A result I would have expected (and have > certainly experienced) with less-notable parts n bits, but I was quite > surprised to have a Nitto fail me in this way. > > Longish story shorterish, did my mini Nitto front rack take my > consideration of another rack as betrayal and decide to punish us both? > > Or does this happen? Should I not be so surprised? > > Lastly, what do I do next? For now I've secured the rack pretty decently > with a couple Irish straps [ the greatest thing Riv ever sold, besides the > QB ;) ]. There is still a bit of rack-attached rod sitting inside the fork > crown. Do I buy another set of struts for the rear eyelets on that rack and > mount them to the canti posts? The aesthetic of that solution bums me out > but, but it seems to me an affordable fix, and there certainly are worse > problems to have than not satiating my preference for two struts. I mean, > it would that make the rack stronger, no? > > > Love > Patch > LACA > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
