Need Help on bike/what is this?
08-02-12, 03:02 PM
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Need Help on bike/what is this?
I'm restoring a bike and I can't get this thing (what ever it is) to fit in. It keeps on popping out. How can I fix it?
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-saPLMDC8LT...0/IMG_2421.JPG
https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-saPLMDC8LT...0/IMG_2421.JPG
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08-02-12, 04:43 PM
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Your picture isn't real helpful but it seems to be a cable adjusting barrel and is kept in place by the tension of the inner wire.
08-02-12, 05:20 PM
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Agreed on both points. Once the brake cable is hooked up at the brake, this will stay in its proper place.
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08-02-12, 05:21 PM
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Looks like the plastic is broken and that small cylindrical piece was once a part of the brake lever assembly.
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If it weren't snapped off, it would stay in place. But the barrel adjuster looks like it's snapped off. You'll need a new adjuster and an easy out to extract the broken piece, Joeman.
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