Ritchey Timberwolf Frame repair. Update 99.9% complete

[sansarret]

I acquire this Ritchey frame that had a broken chainstay, pretty classic failure for an old frame. So I decide it was worth it to repair it. Here is the frame when I got it.

The Crack :cry:

Repair pictures coming soon

 

[sansarret]

more pics of the frame before the repair

 

[sansarret]

The repair

Flux it up

Heat it up and brush off as much brass as possible

Cut the bridge

Remove old chainstay

Grind the old brass, the bb is pretty thick and the marks look deeper than they are

 

[makster]

Watching with interest

 

[sansarret]

More coming

 

[sansarret]

Miter the stay

The hard part was matching the bend, but I got it pretty good

 

[sansarret]

Braze the new stay

 

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Finishing

Couple bubbles but not bad

 

[sansarret]

This is what it looks like now. I sold it to a good friend of mine (was too small for me) who got it painted white, He has all the parts for a period correct build, it's just taking him forever to put it together :roll:

 

[legrandefromage]

:shock: