The drill screams! (※)

A customer brought in a Trek flatbar cross bike for me to work on.
I can't quite remember, but I think it was called something like FX.
The bottle cage holes on the underside of the seat tube were spinning freely,
and they wanted to see if there was anything I could do about it.


↑Looking at the small scratches on the flange of the rivet nut, you can tell that

the rivet nut itself wasn't crimped tightly enough, which is why it was spinning.
The threads themselves weren't damaged,
but since the bottle cage couldn't be properly secured, I decided to replace it.


I machined it so it would drop right down into the frame.


Drop.
The customer stepped away at this point, so



when they came back, I crimped the new rivet nut right in front of them.
Apparently several shops, including Trek dealers, said they couldn't do this job,
but if they don't have the tools, there's not much to be done about it.
I introduced this equipment at our shop after dealing with repairs on a Trek aluminum road bike,
and I've already made back the cost of the tools.


※By the way, actually the drill didn't scream this time.
Since this post is categorized under the "The drill screams!" tag,
I'm just writing "The drill screams!" at the top in the usual style, that's all.