RE: [CR]Stuck eyelet screw: successful & interesting rescue.

(Example: Component Manufacturers:Cinelli)

Subject: RE: [CR]Stuck eyelet screw: successful & interesting rescue.
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 13:39:43 -0700
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Thread-Topic: [CR]Stuck eyelet screw: successful & interesting rescue.
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From: "Mark Bulgier" <Mark@bulgier.net>
To: "John Betmanis" <johnb@oxford.net>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


John Betmanis wrote:
> An SAE 10-32 screw is a loose fit in a M5x0.8m hole. I'm sure
> common 10-32 screws have been used to mount fender stays and
> bottle cages when metric fasteners were harder to find.

Some popular US-made bike components in the CR time period even shipped with 10-32 bolts, including Blackburn racks and some waterbottle cages (American Classic maybe?). The Blackburns were annoying because they used a 1/8" allen wrench - not close enough to 3mm to work, though the threads fit fine.

5x0.8 and 10-32 are so close that there is two-way compatibility - 5x0.8 bolts thread into 10-32 holes too.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle WA USA