Badge removal techniques?
10-26-05, 01:58 AM
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Badge removal techniques?
I'm trying to remove the front badge on my old school steel frame, but this thing looks like it's held in by rivets or something. I don't want to destroy the thing, but I'm at a loss for things to try.
10-26-05, 02:07 AM
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You have a couple options. You can carefully drill out the rivets, or you can take apart the front end of the bike and grind the internal part of the rivet away (again carefully) with a Dremel tool (you'd probably need the flex shaft attachment)
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...and you'll be left woth two small holes in the headtube. Only remove the badge if you have something to put in its place. I'd drill the rivets from the front nice and slow.
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Originally Posted by lrzipris
"I'm trying to remove the front badge on my old school steel frame"--I'm curious: why?
10-26-05, 11:46 PM
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Originally Posted by lrzipris
"I'm trying to remove the front badge on my old school steel frame"--I'm curious: why?
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