Straighten a BENT Derailleur Hanger Without the Correct Tool! *USEFUL TIP*

A better idea and view to see exactly how squint your derailleur hanger is, turn bike upside down and then look at it in align to the cogs.

Great video. Thanks very much. Very helpful

RJ is fantastic. I wtach his vids as well. Thanks for showing it. I saw his video and I was wondering if he used any special extension to the threaded axle of the wheel hub and your video showed that the answer is "no". Thanks for sharing it.

I am afraid to put pressure on the frame as the power is transferred to the frame. So I removed hanger from the frame and put it in the vise and bended it.

Just saved me £20 quid, cheers mate 👍

Very clear! Be interesting to take the hanger off after correction and examine for crease lines or other indications of where it might break. And compare it to a new one.

Not enough videos to find about straightening bended derailleur, but this tip is still nice.

I think you are supposed to screw in the extra wheel on the hanger by the non-drive side.... to avoid having to remove the cassette.

I have the tool but it doesn't seem to work for me to allow the shifting to the last cog. ugh

I have learned to always lay my bike down on the left versus right side if there are no other options for upright standing. Even when one cannot visibly see a bend in the derailleur.....the immediate symptom is cassette gear shifting dysfuntion. Aluminum is very prone to metal fatigue but a bit of heat applied to a cold/bent derailleur can help especially in cold weather.

great hack....iv just found a VITUS ARCOR frame down the scrap yard with a 105 group set on it plus Dura Ace shifters with a leather Turbo saddle im well happy so this tip will finish it off nicely thx for putting up ✌

RJ the Bike guy did this 3 years ago

thanks to RJ

Should the deraileur free to move forward/ backward on the hanger?

Do you think that heating the hanger eg. hair dryer, will help reduce the chance of snapping the hanger?

Local bike shop was going to charge me over $100 to fix this... thanks for the video. Cheers

Made me feel better knowing it is not just me that this has happened to. Mine happened at the beginning of a group ride of all things when I clipped in to start moving and just like that, the group decided to stop at the light and I just didn't have enough speed to unclip and I just toppled over on the derailleur side. Same problem on mine, but I don't think I'll be this brave with my bike, LoL. Great video, though; thank you.

i have a titanium frame and the hanger is part of the frame. will this still work?

I notice he took apart the casette on the rim he used as a tool to bend back the hanger I wish he would have showed how that looked disassembled and pointed out a little better

Saved my ride, cheers

Just what I needed, will give it a try tomorrow. Cheers 👍

Good to know for the future 👍🏽.

Nice little hack, hopefully it'll never be needed though 🤞

Mr Fix it J good method useful to know just in case things happen 😀🙏🏿

I've never seen that method ...... Useful idea !

Very interesting mate. Have not had this problem before, but good to know what to do, if need be! cheers!

Brilliant video. Great hack.

Another helpful video J. Thanks for tips.