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How to go about this torn Campagnolo brake hood?

Old 05-04-15, 11:28 AM
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How to go about this torn Campagnolo brake hood?

So this happened 2 hours ago... If anyone has an idea (besides replacing it) it would be most welcome. Can it be glued back with some glue? I`m so very angry right now...
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Count to 10, do a lessons learned session and buy another.
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Make sure your brakes are where you want them. You should tape your bars before this repair is implementedSmear some clear silicon seal on the inside of the hood, and place it on the brake body exactly where you want it to go. Allow some of the silicone seal to extrude through the crank and ensure that you wipe the excess off. Use some PVC tape to hold the affair together while the silicone seal drys.

That should do the trick and look not too bad, once done. I need to add this repair to Brake Lever Hood Repair but most of my time, these days, goes to the ride, not writing about the ride.
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I`m so very angry right now...
That's understandable. Those aint cheap. I know you said "besides replacing it", but that would be considered a goner in my shop.
Gluing it to the lever with goop might just get you a few more miles out of it. But I wouldn't bother, if it were me. Think of the chore of removing dried silicone from the lever in the future. Ugh. The price has come down on these a bit so it doesn't hurt quite as much as it once did.
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This. I believe you could put some of this on the torn faces that would meet and extend it out onto both sides on the inside of the hood. Should hold.
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Afraid I'm with the majority.

Were you trying to stretch it over the lever? I would remove the lever from the bars and insert the band through the front of the hood. Less stretching that way. Some water (or saliva) on the hood helps too.

Sorry for your loss.
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It doesn't look that old. Or worn. Is that an original Campy hood? Or one of the reproductions?

I guess if I just had to try to get more use out of it, I would use contact cement to adhere it to the lever.
Clean both surfaces well with alcohol. Paint two light coats of contact cement on each surface. Let dry, almost
completely, then wrap it around, position it best you can and press in place. Might work.
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I have had the same experience and it is very frustrating. I stop the project and wait for a few weeks and when I come back to it paying the exorbitant price for early hoods is less painful.
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Thank you all, I think i will step away from the bike for a few days and then probably order a new set of hods Very frustrating especially as they were NOS and in perfect cosmetic shape...
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I have had luck using crazy glue for small tears. Not sure if it would work for a full length tear though.
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Might as well give a try at resurrecting this one first if you're already considering replacement. Especially if it's ex-NOS Campy and not a reproduction. If it doesn't work out you'll end up where you would have been anyways - a loan officer at the bank then ebay. That assumes you can live with a repair that will likely show. Someone around here did a similar repair and theirs is holding up fine if I recall correctly, if not cosmetically perfect.
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