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tcmedara
Guest
I just couldn't resist. Walking around Home Depot today with the honey-do
list and I spied a set of allen sockets that would go well with my torque
wrench. I got them home and just had to try them out. The short story is I
managed to immediately strip one of the clamp bolts on a brake lever. No
great loss, they were a set of Avid SD 5's that I never really liked. I
took the XT levers off the hardtail and had them mounted in 20 minutes. I'd
been meaning to swap them over for six months, but never had reason to get
around to it.
Now I'm wondering what to do with a stripped brake lever clamp. The left
side is fine, so I can always keep it around as an emergency spare, but it
seems a shame to not have a matched set. I don't think there's much hope of
chasing the threads. There obviously weren't a lot of threads to begin
with, and there was a good amount of material on the bolt when I extraced
it.
I've already ordered a replacement set (as well as a few other goodies to
take advantage of the shipping), but I'd hate to just have to toss an
otherwise working lever because of a few missing threads. Any ideas how to
salvage the lever?
......honest Judge, I didn't know it was loaded!
Tom
list and I spied a set of allen sockets that would go well with my torque
wrench. I got them home and just had to try them out. The short story is I
managed to immediately strip one of the clamp bolts on a brake lever. No
great loss, they were a set of Avid SD 5's that I never really liked. I
took the XT levers off the hardtail and had them mounted in 20 minutes. I'd
been meaning to swap them over for six months, but never had reason to get
around to it.
Now I'm wondering what to do with a stripped brake lever clamp. The left
side is fine, so I can always keep it around as an emergency spare, but it
seems a shame to not have a matched set. I don't think there's much hope of
chasing the threads. There obviously weren't a lot of threads to begin
with, and there was a good amount of material on the bolt when I extraced
it.
I've already ordered a replacement set (as well as a few other goodies to
take advantage of the shipping), but I'd hate to just have to toss an
otherwise working lever because of a few missing threads. Any ideas how to
salvage the lever?
......honest Judge, I didn't know it was loaded!
Tom