Hi all,
My friend has an old Peugeot road bike and has recently acquired a new Shimano Sora front brake. She asked me to install it but I found that the bolt is not long enough to reach through the frame (new frames apparently have a recess to use a recessed nut with). This appears to be a common problem and the usual advice is to drill into the frame to make space. I haven't done this before and wouldn't feel confident doing so, however I was wondering if it would be possible to just get a longer bolt and fit it to the brake. I took the brake apart and the current bolt changes thread width part way along its length. It screws through the first section of the brake rather than just sliding through like a normal bolt. I haven't been able to find a longer bolt with the same thread width change, so I was wondering if I could just get an M6 bolt that was long enough (the thinnest part of the current bolt is M6) and use that instead. There doesn't seem to be any obvious reason why the bolt needs to change width, so as long as it is tightened up correctly would this do the trick?
Thanks
My friend has an old Peugeot road bike and has recently acquired a new Shimano Sora front brake. She asked me to install it but I found that the bolt is not long enough to reach through the frame (new frames apparently have a recess to use a recessed nut with). This appears to be a common problem and the usual advice is to drill into the frame to make space. I haven't done this before and wouldn't feel confident doing so, however I was wondering if it would be possible to just get a longer bolt and fit it to the brake. I took the brake apart and the current bolt changes thread width part way along its length. It screws through the first section of the brake rather than just sliding through like a normal bolt. I haven't been able to find a longer bolt with the same thread width change, so I was wondering if I could just get an M6 bolt that was long enough (the thinnest part of the current bolt is M6) and use that instead. There doesn't seem to be any obvious reason why the bolt needs to change width, so as long as it is tightened up correctly would this do the trick?
Thanks