After unscrewing the derailleur cage to get the mech free, i pulled the QR out, and had to pull the stays apart enough for the bent hanger to clear the cassette. Wheel plunked out nicely.
I then mounted up a shitty old mech and grabbed it with the tongue and groove pliers in order to bend it back by the bolt and not fuck up the actual hanger. Bending it back felt soft, but not as metal-fatiquey as id feared.
Eyeballed it, bent it some more, eyeballed it again, and BOOM! Works like a charm! Its sure enough only a 9 speed, så the tolerances arent as small as for eg. 11sp, but this is far better than i could have hoped for.
Super surprised the mech isnt more fucked too. The carbon cage was super bent and totally tensioned out, so i thought it was a goner, but very little bending is visible after putting it back together. One of the pulley wheels is cracked almost in half but no worries otherwise. Small kink in the wheel, but disks so fuck that.
The shop i work in has a proper Derailleur Hanger Alignment Tool (similar to the one parktool makes) so ill do some final tweeks with that within the next few days. Actually a brilliant tool btw.
Ive borrowed my shops mech hanger tool for every geared frame I've bought. 5 minute job and makes a huge difference to shifting, why ride dura ace if itll feel like sora on a fucked hanger
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After unscrewing the derailleur cage to get the mech free, i pulled the QR out, and had to pull the stays apart enough for the bent hanger to clear the cassette. Wheel plunked out nicely.
I then mounted up a shitty old mech and grabbed it with the tongue and groove pliers in order to bend it back by the bolt and not fuck up the actual hanger. Bending it back felt soft, but not as metal-fatiquey as id feared.
Eyeballed it, bent it some more, eyeballed it again, and BOOM! Works like a charm! Its sure enough only a 9 speed, så the tolerances arent as small as for eg. 11sp, but this is far better than i could have hoped for.
Super surprised the mech isnt more fucked too. The carbon cage was super bent and totally tensioned out, so i thought it was a goner, but very little bending is visible after putting it back together. One of the pulley wheels is cracked almost in half but no worries otherwise. Small kink in the wheel, but disks so fuck that.
The shop i work in has a proper Derailleur Hanger Alignment Tool (similar to the one parktool makes) so ill do some final tweeks with that within the next few days. Actually a brilliant tool btw.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AE-VphZDRwI&feature=youtu.be