Re: [CR]Replacement fixing bolts for Campagnolo handlebar controls?

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From: "dddd" <dddd@pacbell.net>
To: "Classic Rendezvous" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
References: <20060116160510.25110.qmail@web81106.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Replacement fixing bolts for Campagnolo handlebar controls?
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2006 13:29:20 -0800
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Jerome & Elizabeth Moos wrote:
> Mark, are you including the bolt on the expander plug in your statement
> about no left-hand threads? I know for a fact that at least some of the
> SunTour expander bolts were in fact left-hand thread. This is from bitter
> experience as I ruined a set of SunTour barcons trying to remove them
> while not realizing they were left-hand.
>
> BTW, why would SunTour use left-hand thread there? On some components
> (fixed cups, pedal axles) it makes sense, but what possible purpose could
> a left-thread serve on an expander bolt?
>

Because if you crash on the downward-pointing lever it will loosen and turn, rather than tighten and break (?).

David Snyder
Speculating in Auburn, CA