Re: [CR]WTB / Repair Parts : Dura Ace Barcons

(Example: Framebuilders:Bernard Carré)

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:54:53 +0200
From: "M-gineering" <info@m-gineering.nl>
Cc: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]WTB / Repair Parts : Dura Ace Barcons
References: <20080915063606.0418B3BD5@ug10.ece.ubc.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20080915063606.0418B3BD5@ug10.ece.ubc.ca>


donald gillies wrote:
> I received a pair of barcons but whomever owned these before must have
> tried to loosen one of them by turning the bolt counter-clockwise and
> they stripped out the allen bolt.
>
> I managed to unscrew the barcons by plugging an allen wrench through
> the mounting hole and leveraging it against the inside of the shifter
> pod, to get it removed. then i disassembled the retaining spring and
> the 3 trapezoidal wedges, clamped the screw in a vice-grip wrench and
> got it all apart.
>
> But the barcon expander bolt with a funny allen slot in the tip, is
> stripped (within the tip.)
>
> Does someone have a spare dura ace shifter pod? Or a spare expander
> bolt with the funny allen slot in the tip, for sale, trade, or ransom?
>
> Is there anything that can be done rehabilitate a stripped out
> allen-bolt?
>
> Thanx,
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA
> _______________________________________________

It should be available as a spare: Y62890010 @ $6 each or so

I'm sure i've got a few lying around, but it seems silly to ship them half way round the world

-- mvg

Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands