Hanger alignment
roygillett
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Is it normal to have to slightly bend a brand new mech hanger as soon as it's installed?
Whenever I've replaced mine it's needed quite a lot of tweaking with the alignment tool to get it to hang straight.
Is it a problem with the dropout? Is that something I can get fixed? (Anonymous Chinese carbon frame--presumably with steel inserts for the dropouts)
Is it worth doing?
Thing is, once I have aligned the hanger it all seems to work and shift reasonably well. But I just have a nagging feeling that a hanger that's been leaned on like that might be a bit weaker than one that hasn't.
Whenever I've replaced mine it's needed quite a lot of tweaking with the alignment tool to get it to hang straight.
Is it a problem with the dropout? Is that something I can get fixed? (Anonymous Chinese carbon frame--presumably with steel inserts for the dropouts)
Is it worth doing?
Thing is, once I have aligned the hanger it all seems to work and shift reasonably well. But I just have a nagging feeling that a hanger that's been leaned on like that might be a bit weaker than one that hasn't.
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Assuming you are gently bending it into the correct alignment you won't do any damage.
Wouldn't suggest trying to bend the dropout itself, but you may be able to improve the fit of the hanger by adding a small amount of epoxy filler in the right place.
But if you're only having to bend the hangers a tiny bit I'd not bother personally