I wouldn't worry about it before your tour. But for a short-term fix I'd take a rag, wipe the area with alcohol and use clear nail polish (use a paintbrush with a long handle if it's tough to get in there). That said crank removal is pretty simple; I think you'll be fine. Just remove the crank, sand or wet/sand lightly, use touch-up paint or nail polish.
Shouldn't need loc-tite but I can't see how it would hurt (as long as it's not being used to compensate for loose screws from poor adjustment). Ryan On May 24, 6:48 pm, Joe S <ddlttr...@verizon.net> wrote: > I've had my Atlantis about 10 months and love it. I ride it nearly > every day, usually on my 30 mile round-trip commute to and from work. > > When I first rode the bike, the low stop setting on the front > derailleur was not set correctly. It took throwing the chain off onto > the chain stay with minor jamming a few times before I realized what > was happening and the paint on the chain stay was taken off in a swath > of about 1/2 inch. I haven't done anything to it other than to keep > checking (duh!) but now after a few weeks of bad timing and riding in > rain, I can see rust on the surface. There isn't a lot of room > between the crank, chain stay and frame in this vicinity and I'm > thinking that to really get at the rust I would need to remove the > crank. I don't mind giving this a shot, but will need to get a crank > puller and since I'm planning to tour on the bike in a month, I don't > want to get in a position where I'm getting tools, doing something new > and become pressed to get everything back and road tested with a > deadline looming. What is the best way to contain the rust? Can it > be done without removing the crank (at least for now)? > > BTW, it seems to me that the high / low stop settings are very > sensitive as I had the chain and cassette replaced recently at my > LBS. I wound up throwing the chain several times on my first ride > after getting the bike back, roughing up my nice polished crank. This > time it was the high setting that I needed to adjust. It seems to be > set correctly now but is this a configuration problem--I have a Campy > triple on the front and Shimano XT long cage on the rear? I recall > reading somewhere (Sheldon Brown?) that these screws should not be > loose--they are loose but not excessively so and they seem to stay > once set correctly? Is blue lock-tite a recommended solution? > > Thanks for your advice. > > Joe -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
