Wanted: Avid SD7 left brake arm

Gregory Sutter said:

Does anyone have a spare silver Single Digit 7, left side?
I overtightened and completely stripped the tension screw threads
on mine, ruining it.

Greg

Lo and behold! I did the exact same thing to my right side SD7 about 2
weeks ago. That leaves me with a perfectly operational left side SD7 with
no purpose but to sit in the parts bin. I'd love to give it to a good home.
I never particularly cared for the levers and was happy to upgrade to XT.
I'll be happy to send it to you for the price of shipping.

Shoot me an email w/ your details if you're interested.

Tom

tcmedara said:

Gregory Sutter said:

Does anyone have a spare silver Single Digit 7, left side?
I overtightened and completely stripped the tension screw threads
on mine, ruining it.

Greg

Lo and behold! I did the exact same thing to my right side SD7 about
2 weeks ago. That leaves me with a perfectly operational left side
SD7 with no purpose but to sit in the parts bin. I'd love to give it
to a good home. I never particularly cared for the levers and was
happy to upgrade to XT. I'll be happy to send it to you for the price
of shipping.

Shoot me an email w/ your details if you're interested.

Tom

For both of you guys...

The SD7 has exposed spring arms. The arms are made of metal and are
bendable. If you want less tension, pull them into the center of the bike
past the yield stress. If you want more tension (easier to do) pull them
away from the center of the bike. Adjust the other side to match, and
voilá.

--
Phil, Squid-in-Training

Quoted message said:

For both of you guys...

The SD7 has exposed spring arms. The arms are made of metal and are
bendable. If you want less tension, pull them into the center of the
bike past the yield stress. If you want more tension (easier to do)
pull them away from the center of the bike. Adjust the other side to
match, and voilá.

Actually, I should have read the OP a bit better. I didn't strip the
tension screw, but managed to strip the mounting clamp bolt hole. Got
stupid with a torque wrench. I received some great suggestions on how to
salvage it, but I never liked 'em anyway so I went with the XT levers.
Right side can be salvaged with a bit of creativity, left side is 100%.

Tom

tcmedara said:

Gregory Sutter said:

Does anyone have a spare silver Single Digit 7, left side?
I overtightened and completely stripped the tension screw threads
on mine, ruining it.

Lo and behold! I did the exact same thing to my right side SD7 about 2
weeks ago. That leaves me with a perfectly operational left side SD7 with
no purpose but to sit in the parts bin. I'd love to give it to a good home.
I never particularly cared for the levers and was happy to upgrade to XT.
I'll be happy to send it to you for the price of shipping.

Tom,

Thanks for the offer, but it seems like you're talking about the
Speed Dial levers... I need the actual V-brake left arm.

Until then I've just bent the tension wire and adjusted the other arm
tension to match... a good hack but not for long term use.

Greg
--
Gregory S. Sutter "How do I read this file?"
[email hidden] "You uudecode it."
http://zer0.org/~gsutter/ "I I I decode it?"

Gregory Sutter said:

tcmedara said:

Gregory Sutter said:

Does anyone have a spare silver Single Digit 7, left side?
I overtightened and completely stripped the tension screw threads
on mine, ruining it.

Lo and behold! I did the exact same thing to my right side SD7
about 2 weeks ago. That leaves me with a perfectly operational left
side SD7 with no purpose but to sit in the parts bin. I'd love to
give it to a good home. I never particularly cared for the levers
and was happy to upgrade to XT. I'll be happy to send it to you for
the price of shipping.

Tom,

Thanks for the offer, but it seems like you're talking about the
Speed Dial levers... I need the actual V-brake left arm.

Until then I've just bent the tension wire and adjusted the other arm
tension to match... a good hack but not for long term use.

Greg

Oops, more evidence that I need to read more closely. I wasn't real sure
what it was you had done. I was thinking "lever" and not "arm" so I wasn't
sure what tension screw you were talking about. I didn't really care, I
figured I'd just send the good lever on to some one in need. Now it makes
sense. Sorry I can't give you the arm -- that's still going strong. Good
luck!

Tom