Cleat Bolt Hole Worn Away
Got a pair of carbon soled Louis Garneau shoes, really like them, but one of the cleat bolt holes has worn and no longer takes a bolt (no thread left). Happened fairly early in their life, within first 4 months or so and I only wear them as a second pair. I got them for free so can’t take them back, but is there any easy way to fix / replace the cleat bolt hole?
Still seem to work with 2 bolts, but assume at some point it will become an issue.
Still seem to work with 2 bolts, but assume at some point it will become an issue.
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not familiar with these specific shoes, they're often replaceable, start by removing the insole and seeing what's underneath, with some you have immediate access, in others there may be a small cut out piece in the liner that you have to peel up
if you can't get at them, worst case you could probably fit a helicoil
if it's using t-nuts like below, you can push through the worn one and look for the correct size replacement
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So the plate underneath with the T nuts in it looks like this. I can’t get the bust one (circled) out, any tips?
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You could try contacting the manufacturer with that pic and ask if they do the whole thing as a spare? Cost them pence to chuck one on the post and for you to come on here and sing their praises. Very cheap P.R.
Trying to secure a single T-nut inside the shoe in just the right place is going to be tricky unless you can bodge it to the bit you've broken the end off??0 -
keef66 wrote:You could try contacting the manufacturer with that pic and ask if they do the whole thing as a spare? Cost them pence to chuck one on the post and for you to come on here and sing their praises. Very cheap P.R.
Trying to secure a single T-nut inside the shoe in just the right place is going to be tricky unless you can bodge it to the bit you've broken the end off??
Got 3 new T nuts in the post. Do they need to be fixed to anything in the shoe? Assumed that the cleat bolt would be enough?0 -
cgfw201 wrote:keef66 wrote:You could try contacting the manufacturer with that pic and ask if they do the whole thing as a spare? Cost them pence to chuck one on the post and for you to come on here and sing their praises. Very cheap P.R.
Trying to secure a single T-nut inside the shoe in just the right place is going to be tricky unless you can bodge it to the bit you've broken the end off??
Got 3 new T nuts in the post. Do they need to be fixed to anything in the shoe? Assumed that the cleat bolt would be enough?
If they are just loose, won't they spin round when you try to screw in the cleat bolts? Or do you envisage somehow holding each one still from inside the shoe while attaching the cleat?0 -
keef66 wrote:cgfw201 wrote:keef66 wrote:You could try contacting the manufacturer with that pic and ask if they do the whole thing as a spare? Cost them pence to chuck one on the post and for you to come on here and sing their praises. Very cheap P.R.
Trying to secure a single T-nut inside the shoe in just the right place is going to be tricky unless you can bodge it to the bit you've broken the end off??
Got 3 new T nuts in the post. Do they need to be fixed to anything in the shoe? Assumed that the cleat bolt would be enough?
If they are just loose, won't they spin round when you try to screw in the cleat bolts? Or do you envisage somehow holding each one still from inside the shoe while attaching the cleat?
christ knows. will find out later.0 -
bont t-nuts have tines on the underside, these dig in to prevent the nut rotatingmy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0
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cgfw201 wrote:keef66 wrote:cgfw201 wrote:keef66 wrote:You could try contacting the manufacturer with that pic and ask if they do the whole thing as a spare? Cost them pence to chuck one on the post and for you to come on here and sing their praises. Very cheap P.R.
Trying to secure a single T-nut inside the shoe in just the right place is going to be tricky unless you can bodge it to the bit you've broken the end off??
Got 3 new T nuts in the post. Do they need to be fixed to anything in the shoe? Assumed that the cleat bolt would be enough?
If they are just loose, won't they spin round when you try to screw in the cleat bolts? Or do you envisage somehow holding each one still from inside the shoe while attaching the cleat?
christ knows. will find out later.
can confirm this is working like new, which is handy.0 -
Excellent! I do like a happy ending
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As an aside, this happened to a pair of very comfy Specialised shoes I have, so I just Araldired the cleat on.
Holds perfect, when you need to change the cleat just lever the old one off, the ARLdite comes with it, put new cleat on with new ARaldite, job jobbed.Postby team47b » Sun Jun 28, 2015 11:53 am
De Sisti wrote:
This is one of the silliest threads I've come across.
Recognition at last Matthew, well done!, a justified honoursmithy21 wrote:
He's right you know.0 -
I had the same problem with two Garneau shoes, spares were not available so I made spares in stainless steel, not good for weight but I'm sure they will last longer than the originals. These were made from 4 mm thick stainless steel plate and worked down to 3 mm to let the nut holes go in the grooves of the sole. Why 4 mm? 4 mm is the lenght of the original nut holes so I thought I should keep that measure.
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