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Image 1 — Broken screw extractor
Image 2 — Broken screw extractor
Image 3 — Broken screw extractor
Image 4 — Broken screw extractor
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Broken screw extractor

Hi everyone, I was trying to remove a broken barrel adjuster from the rear derailleur of my bike. I thought this is easily going to be done with a screw extractor, but it broke inside. Am I cooked?

Thread is M4 and open on both side, tip of the extractor and part of the barrel adjuster (no 4 in last picture) are still in there.

u/lyhu — 9 hours ago

Replacing middle chainring on vintage MTB

Hi everyone,

I want to replace the middle chainring on a vintage Mountainbike. The crankset is a FC-MT60, it is a 7 speed. I can't really find any affordable NOS or good shape vintage replacement.

To be completely honest, I do not know, to what I need to pay attention here. My questions are

- So the number of bolts and the BCD have to stay the same, but what about the number of teeth?

- Does it need to be specifically a middle one?

- Is it important that it is designed for a 7 speed?

and finally

- Is there any fundamental literature/blog, that will enable me to understand everything well enough that I can figure this out myself?

Thanks in advance!

u/lyhu — 29 days ago