I repaired my stripped out rear rack mounts on my Atlantis with Helicoils.
(My fault from too many rack swappings and over tightening). I have had no
problems in the five years or so since I repaired it. The helicoil is heat
treated, which is harder to strip. As good as, or better than original
For the record, we've never seen a funky threading on a Clem-or-other
dropout, but users are capable of messing them up. Clem is especially
tolerant, tho, because the upper dropout mount is M6 (for the rack), and if
you mount the rack, as we suggest, on the lower seat stay braze-on (a true
braz
Correct me if I'm wrong because I haven't owned a Clem, but aren't typical
rack braze-ons M5?
On Thursday, June 7, 2018 at 1:22:13 AM UTC-4, LeRoy wrote:
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> The trail that recently led me to this group began when I was Googling
> information on repairing buggered braze-on threads. A post here e
