Now wait a minute, Don! If you'd just ground down the sides of the bolt head and used it, that would be great funk. But grinding, polishing, and all that for parts that will be invisible when the bike is assembled, hidden under bar tape? I mean, like I do funk, and I do kludges, but my hat's off to you for having the patience for that level of, well, I can't think of a good term. speechless, and overquota for today, maybe.
Neat, though.
thanks harvey sachs mcLean va.
Donald Gillies wrote:
> Thanx to list member Harvey Sachs for helping me to get my clamp-less
> Suntour Superbe Lever (campy-clamp type) back on the road. Harvey
> said that he had used a MAFAC clamp to repair a Campagnolo lever once.
>
> Going through my junk-parts bin, I found a set of Favorit brake levers
> of the lowest possible quality, corroded, part of a 10 lbs $8
> parts-buy, that undoubtedly would never see service again. I removed
> the clamp and tried it in the Superbe levers, but the bolt was too
> short.
>
> I have pre-purchased a full smorgasboard of M4-M6 stainless hardware
> (it's hard to find) over the past year when visiting various hardware
> stores. I found a M5 25mm bolt, 2 washers, and a nut. I ground down
> the sides of the bolt head with my dremel, then polished it up again.
> Then, using a flap wheel and sandpaper, I polished up the lever clamp
> to be like new. Then, I brush plated it with my brush chroming set.
>
> As a result, I repaired the penultimate brake with small parts from
> one of the most humble brake levers in history ...
>
> What a great feeling !! What is your greatest kluge to get high end
> stuff back onto the road ?? Thanx, Harvey !!
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA