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Old 11-06-11 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by pkpyro
I was thinking of just hammering it back into place or getting a similar bolt from Home Depot.

Problem: The brake arms are bent, too.
Problem x2: The back brake was internally damaged and fell apart on me.

Solution?!: I can try to hammer the bolt back, take the undamged parts of both brakes and put them together in a Frakenstein front brake lever. Any reasons not to do this?
Dude, just go to the lbs or a cop-op and see if they have a used front caliper laying around. You're making way more of a "problem" out of this than it really is.

How did you even damage your calipers in a crash anyway? I can't think of one real world situation where the brake calipers would ever make contact with the ground.

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