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So the threaded insert behind one of the bottle cage mounting screw holes on my carbon Synapse seat tube got so corroded/fused to the screw that it snapped off inside the frame when I tried to remove the screw.
It's been suggested that all (sic) I need to do is get a new "rivnut" installed to make this cage mounting location usable again.
Anyone know if this is actually possible, and is it a (hopefully) simple operation on a carbon frame?
My concerns are twofold:
1) everything I know about "rivnuts" suggests it's the perfect option for a metal frame, but I just don't know anything about their applicability to carbon fiber frames
2) if a "rivnut" (or some other such threaded insert that gets installed through the front of the hole) is not the appropriate solution, I just can't quite fathom how someone would install something from the back on a frame that's already built...they'd either have to go through the bottom bracket or the top of the seat tube, and I just can't imagine how they could do that without the kind of flexible tools/lights/cameras that an arthroscopic surgeon uses!
Any elucidation would be appreciated. Thanks.
It's been suggested that all (sic) I need to do is get a new "rivnut" installed to make this cage mounting location usable again.
Anyone know if this is actually possible, and is it a (hopefully) simple operation on a carbon frame?
My concerns are twofold:
1) everything I know about "rivnuts" suggests it's the perfect option for a metal frame, but I just don't know anything about their applicability to carbon fiber frames
2) if a "rivnut" (or some other such threaded insert that gets installed through the front of the hole) is not the appropriate solution, I just can't quite fathom how someone would install something from the back on a frame that's already built...they'd either have to go through the bottom bracket or the top of the seat tube, and I just can't imagine how they could do that without the kind of flexible tools/lights/cameras that an arthroscopic surgeon uses!
Any elucidation would be appreciated. Thanks.