I often, if not always, removed the screws with no ill effects to derailleur performance. I think that the screws are placed at the dropouts to allow easy wheel side-to-side alignment, which (assuming your frame is not wildly out of whack) the ends of the dropouts also do.
Do they have other purposes? I bought dropout screws for my 2 Riv Road fixies, but I never bothered to install them, preferring to gauge chain tension and wheel alignment by thumb and eye -- easy enough! On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 5:05 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Does anyone know if I can remove the small, threaded, axle positioners > from the rear drop outs without ill effect? Then the axle will go all the > way back. Do the screws significantly strengthen the drop out? I have a > marginal fit with a set of tires and removing the screws will get me a 1/4 > inch rearward and possibly enough room to fit. Any thoughts? > Much appreciated! I know that I may have to carefully align the wheel but > I assume the dropouts without the screws are pretty square.) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- *30% Supply and Demand discount, listmembers only, on all resume, LinkedIn, and writing services, until Demand equals Supply! And there's more! 10% kickback for any referral resulting in fully paid, list-price contract. Email for details.* Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
