is my gear hanger bent?

Jonesinamilion
Jonesinamilion Posts: 230
edited March 2017 in MTB workshop & tech
Think I know the answer but I've never paid it much attention before.

Is it fixable? Is it ridable?

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  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    from that angle it does look it, take it off and lay it on the table its easier to see that way, i cant tell if that frame is carbon or metal but it could also be the dropout which in most cases are metal and can also get bent.
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  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Something's bent or loose.
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  • Jonesinamilion
    Jonesinamilion Posts: 230
    Thqnks all!


    Frame is metal (brain rafal 740 with sram x9)... What's the diff between a dropout and hanger?
  • cooldad
    cooldad Posts: 32,599
    Dropout is what the axle goes in, hanger is what attaches the mech.
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  • Jonesinamilion
    Jonesinamilion Posts: 230
    I haven't really got anything to lose by trying to straighten it by hand whilst attached have I?...

    failing that have it off and get a hammer / vice to it?

    if it all goes tits up I'll have to pay a man to do it; which I looks like I'm hoping to have to as it stands anyway!

    wish me luck and any words of advice?
  • Jonesinamilion
    Jonesinamilion Posts: 230
    Looks better than it did! Thanks

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  • Danieljephcott
    Danieljephcott Posts: 334
    Worth maybe buying a new hanger as they are so cheap and keeping this one as a spare
  • itboffin
    itboffin Posts: 20,072
    Does indeed good job but I'd still take it off and check on the table, 30 mins tops to take off check straighten if needed and fit back on
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  • Jonesinamilion
    Jonesinamilion Posts: 230
    the bike has just come out of hibernation (pussy, I know!).

    thanks to the advice on here I rectified the hanger; however it wouldn't go onto lowest / biggest gear.

    thanks to the below vid, ive just learned a new skill and it works a treat, quite proud of myself!

    http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=rea ... ORM=VDMCNL
  • LimitedGarry
    LimitedGarry Posts: 400
    The next time you take your bike in for maintenance, ask the shop to straighten your hanger. Usually, when the hanger gets bent, it's bent in several different directions. Extreme cases like this, you can hand-fix the worst of it, but in order to get perfect shifting again, you'll need to straighten the hanger out using a special tool.
  • Jonesinamilion
    Jonesinamilion Posts: 230
    LimitedGarry wrote:
    The next time you take your bike in for maintenance, ask the shop to straighten your hanger. Usually, when the hanger gets bent, it's bent in several different directions. Extreme cases like this, you can hand-fix the worst of it, but in order to get perfect shifting again, you'll need to straighten the hanger out using a special tool.

    hammer_scalable.gif

    ?

    :D

    Thanks for the heads up; changes sooth on the stand but proof will be in the ride.
  • LimitedGarry
    LimitedGarry Posts: 400
    :) Nah, more like this

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    It's a really nice tool but considering how little use it typically gets, it's too expensive to buy just for yourself unless you're building your own shop big style.
    Now bent hanger will typically make some specific gears misbehave but even if it shifts fine, ask them to check it out. Typically costs less than wheel truing (which is dirt cheap pretty much anywhere).

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