Carbon Trek Top Fuel (2020/2021) Seat Stay Break (spare part search)

SandmanGobiFatbiker
SandmanGobiFatbiker Posts: 1
edited January 9 in MTB workshop & tech

So my trek top fuel, 148 rear boost, seat stay snapped at the dropout end. I'm based in Thailand and seriously in need of finding a replacement.

Any ideas where:

a) a spare carbon one can be sourced and shipped

b) will an aluminium replacement work with the carbon chain stay, instead of carbon original

c) could i as a last resort just fabricate an aluminium one /3D print/ make from carbon.. if so any parts dimension drawings floating around....

Advice surely needed.

Thanks

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  • steve_sordy
    steve_sordy Posts: 2,446

    I am on another mtb website, and there is a guy on there who fixes damage to his own carbon frames. He insists that the repair is stronger than the original. He is quite clear that he doesn't look for an invisible repair. He just wants one that is as strong or stronger and lives with the fact that he can see a bulge where the extra wraps of carbon fibre cloth and resin have been applied. He says that anyone can do it. They just need the carbon fibre cloth and the resin and some time spent on YouTube.

    If you want a carbon fibre frame component to be fixed as good as new and also invisible, then you have to let the professionals do it.

    I note that you are in Thailand, but it's worth a search to see if you can find a specialist to fix your seat stay. They don't need to be bike repair specialists, but they do need to be carbon fibre repair specialists.

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