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Old 12-10-18 | 09:25 AM
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From: Peoria, IL
Originally Posted by Salamandrine
The SL pedals are totally reliable. My flip tab broke off on one pedal after at least 60,000 miles, iirc. It's from flipping the pedals a zillion times. Easy to improvise a replacement. I crashed out one dustcap. Replaced it with a steel chromed NR dustcap. Looks identical.
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yep, I fabricated a new flip tab from some sheet aluminum and bolted it on with some button head allen bolts. Used a black Sharpie (TM) to properly color it. Works just fine! I feel a bit bad about using heavy steel bolts to hold on an aluminum tab.. I wonder if nylon hardware would do the job?

Steel NR dustcaps are good too, although relatively heavy. I've got some Zeus plastic dustcaps that are a good replacement, although it's slightly too large to fit the Campy removal tool. The MKS aluminum dustcaps are good replacements too, especially after you file off the MKS logo.

Steve in Peoria
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