"Sheldon Brown" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> >>jazzy-<< I can't seem to tighten the 105 brake calipers
> >>on both the carbon fork and carbon seat stay. You can
> >>move it with your hand, if you push
slightly
> >>hard on one side. What's the solution? >><BR><BR>
>
> Peter Chisholm suggested:
>
> >>More washers onto the bolt first or a shorter brake nut
> >>that secures it to
the
> >>frameset.
> >
> Sometimes it helps to circumcize the mounting bolt with a
> hacksaw.
Most people would prefer not to hear the words "circumsize"
and "hacksaw" in the same sentence.
> Mark South wrote:
>
> > It can sometimes be quicker and cheaper to buy new
> > brakes than to try to
find
> > recessed-head Allen bolts for brake mounting.
> >
> > The last time I wanted one the only place that stocked
> > such bolts wanted a minimum order of 500. Shimano don't
> > seem to sell them as spare parts
(surprise,
> > surprise).
>
> See:
http://harriscyclery.net/site/page.cfm?PageID=49&Cat-
> egory=1673
That's cool. Of course, by the time Visa had performed the
currency conversion, postage to the UK had been added, and
UK Customs & Excise had performed an additional excision on
my wallet, it would have worked out cheaper to buy a new
brakeset :-(
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running across your lawn, that's just a waste of
exhibitionism."
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