Free Floating lug - how to remove?

[Stranjluv101]

Hello,
A lug on my trusty old FFS from the early 90's broke, and I have a replacement...the only problem is how to remove the old one? It still seems to be firmly attached on one end.

Any advice is appreciated.

[Kevaruka]

Carefully unscrew it from the cradle. You may need to give it a whiff of WD40 then leave it overnight first.

[Stranjluv101]

Thanks for the tip! With a little elbow grease I got it off. i'm surprised there's not one video on Youtube about this.

[Eric]

Cool. Do you still have that 2oo2 Dry Ride in your epic collection.

[Thrush]

The hex shaped lugs on the original chassis were much easier as you could just use a wrench, but the round lugs on the later models are harder. I'm pretty sure they all have thread locker on them too, which doesn't help. When I've have to do it I usually use some thin-ish rubber (at a pinch, a bicycle inner tube folded over a couple times will do) and a pair of good grips (or water pump pliers) and you can get them off without causing any damage to the lug surface.

[Victor Alexandrov]

Thread locker breaks very easily with a heat gun btw.

[Stranjluv101]

Cool. Do you still have that 2oo2 Dry Ride in your epic collection.

No sir.