Barb and Dan Artley wrote:
> The Stronglight 93 had a reputation for coming loose at the BB, and
> almost no one had the pullers/tighteners. It was generally known a
> thin wall 16 mm socket would work to tighten them and a Snap-On was
> one of the few that would fit, but I ended up getting the real puller
> from Stuyverson in New York City, the only place I could get one to
> turn up.
That's why many people replaced the 16mm bolts with standard 15mm bolts. The threading on the bolts was identical to that Campy, TA, etc. used, it's just that Stronglight (and Zeus) used a 16mm head where everybody else used 15mm. Park and VAR both offered 16mm "peanut butter" wrenches for Stronglight and Zeus bolts for the purists who kept the original equipment.
But the extractor threads couldn't be worked around as easily.
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John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA