I have a single stripped T-nut for a cleat bolt on an S-Works Torch road shoe (pic below). Looks like a replaceable part but I’m having trouble finding a replacement.
This product looks right, even though it’s for an earlier model of the shoe, but it’s out of stock everywhere. So where are people getting replacements for this part? Is it called something else now?
This may be a little more crude than you’d like, but if the actual part is impossible to find you should be able to cut down an SPD plate (often supplied with Shimano SPD cleats) to size/shape. The thread is the same, as well as the thread protrusion compared to a flat nut. I’ve been able to save a pair of shoes in this way after stripping a thread myself.
I had all 6 t-nuts rust out and the cleat bolts seize in a pair of pearl izumi road shoes once. I was able to fit either regular or jam nuts on the molded slots. I ended up using that setup for years, l also used ample anti seize and loosened the bolts every so often toqke sure I didn’t have a repeat failure.
Contact Specialized rider support and they should be able to take care of you. I broke one off crashing in a bike race years ago and Specialized sent me a bag with a bunch of them.
@Iain_Treloar this is exactly what we ended up doing, albeit with an old plate that looks like a horror movie prop. Local Specialized dealer couldn’t help with sourcing the nut then a mechanic grabbed an old plate and cut off a section. Seems to be working fine.
I know this is an older thread but have a question for S-Works shoe owners; how are you supposed to move the bolt position back for the cleat attachment? I’m talking with someone at Specialized support who is telling me to cut into the floor of the shoe to do it and I’m understandably nervous about that, has anyone else had this issue?
The nuts are asymmetric so can be flipped to move the cleat mounts further back. The easiest way to do this is cut the piece of material glued to the inside sole that acts as a cover. You might be able to flip them without cutting the cover if you push the nuts upward, stretching the cover. You could use a small hex key to help you rotate the nuts and reset them.
Yeah that’s what Specialized said as well, and sent a picture. Just nervous about doing that kind of surgery on $500 shoes you know? But that’s the way I guess. Crazy for such an expensive, important piece of equipment IMO, have never had this issue before moving bolts
I’ll probably try the rotation method one more time, but it was really difficult even with bolt threaded in and using flathead screwdriver to try to push around
