Repairing A Broken Derailleur Hanger

Repairing A Broken Derailleur Hanger 

Braking a Derailleur Hanger is one of the most common and easily broken things on a bike. An any sort of bike; Cross Country, Road, or Downhill, derailleur hangers can become damaged, bent or snapped from the derailleur taking to much abuse or it coming into contact with spokes which will lead to it snapping. As is happens I went for a ride the other day and this exact thing happened, so I'm going to show you how it can be fixed.

Derailleur Hangers are small pieces of metal that hold the derailleur to the frame. This is my broken one:

Derailleur Hangers cost around $30 to replace depending on the type of bike you have. On your bike broken hangers look like this with the Derailleur hanging loose on the cable which can get caught up in your wheel and cause all sorts of damage:

To replace the broken hanger with the new one take off your rear wheel, undo the bolt on the frame and the one on the Derailleur to remove both broken pieces. The new Derailleur Hanger will look similar to this when on the bike only:

Now screw on the Derailleur to the hanger and she'll be good as new. 

Put the back wheel on and the bikes ready to roll. 

Helpful tips

Check the Derailleur alignment and check if its bent if it got caught in spokes or anything like that.