Flat mount adapter...
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Flat mount adapter...
My local stoner bike shop gave me a good deal on a set of TRP Spyre brakes that had been sitting on his shelf a while. The owner handed me an adapter, the one in this picture, but it was used and had no hardware. I didn't realize that I needed hardware until I got home. This adapter, if I bought it new, would come with 4 bolts. Any idea if I can just get them from the hardware store?
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Home Depot hardware isle in the drawers, plenty of metric hex head and cap screw hardware to choose from.
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You may not find a match for the lower two shoulder screws in the photo. The shoulder below the cap may be important--I'm not sure. If needed, you can buy the whole set here.
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Yeah. I can't tell if they're specialized nuts or not from the pics. The manual has the specs. Guess I'll go to Ace Hardware. Can anyone chime in on whether or not these are special in some way?
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The instruction manual (from which the picture above was taken): https://trpcycling.com/wp-content/up...v-B-copy-1.pdf
Plenty of bolt vendors on the web and on ebay. You may wish to spend a little extra and get SAE (or better) quality bolts. Some of what you buy on eBay are from the far East and have the tensile strength of Manchego cheese.
Or, you could contact trp and ask if they can sell you the bolts. The whole adapter kit is $12.99, so it may save you time, energy, and worry (about getting adequate quality bolts) to just buy the whole thing.
https://trpcycling.com/product/ff-5-...160mm-adapter/
BTW, you no doubt noticed that you need different sizes for front or rear mounting.
Plenty of bolt vendors on the web and on ebay. You may wish to spend a little extra and get SAE (or better) quality bolts. Some of what you buy on eBay are from the far East and have the tensile strength of Manchego cheese.
Or, you could contact trp and ask if they can sell you the bolts. The whole adapter kit is $12.99, so it may save you time, energy, and worry (about getting adequate quality bolts) to just buy the whole thing.
https://trpcycling.com/product/ff-5-...160mm-adapter/
BTW, you no doubt noticed that you need different sizes for front or rear mounting.
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The instruction manual (from which the picture above was taken): https://trpcycling.com/wp-content/up...v-B-copy-1.pdf
Plenty of bolt vendors on the web and on ebay. You may wish to spend a little extra and get SAE (or better) quality bolts. Some of what you buy on eBay are from the far East and have the tensile strength of Manchego cheese.
Or, you could contact trp and ask if they can sell you the bolts. The whole adapter kit is $12.99, so it may save you time, energy, and worry (about getting adequate quality bolts) to just buy the whole thing.
https://trpcycling.com/product/ff-5-...160mm-adapter/
Plenty of bolt vendors on the web and on ebay. You may wish to spend a little extra and get SAE (or better) quality bolts. Some of what you buy on eBay are from the far East and have the tensile strength of Manchego cheese.
Or, you could contact trp and ask if they can sell you the bolts. The whole adapter kit is $12.99, so it may save you time, energy, and worry (about getting adequate quality bolts) to just buy the whole thing.
https://trpcycling.com/product/ff-5-...160mm-adapter/
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Exactly, and Ace's hardware bins are more expensive, I buy all my loose metric hardware at HD.
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It appears you live in a populated enough area that specialty fastener stores should be common.
You can always shorten a longer bolt.
You can always shorten a longer bolt.
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https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...+screw%7D%3Aqu
and the flat head version M5 x14mm @ .8
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Everbilt...3878/204841937
The 14mm may be fine but if too long just grind off the 1 mm
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