Barcon mount goofiness.
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Barcon mount goofiness.
Gah, after having the things off and on bikes probably a dozen times, one of my old Suntour barend shifters just stripped out the Allen drive in the tapered mounting screw (the one that expands the three wedge things) when I removed the shifters to swap brake levers. May be able to reuse it by driving a next-size-larger SAE Allen wrench into the end (it was by wiggling one in that I was able to get it out), but it'd be goofy having different drive sizes right and left. I know I've seen the bolt things for sale on eBay and elsewhere, but can't remember what they're called, and don't know if the Shimano ones are the same or not.
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If all else fails here's a way you can continue to use them. Grease the ramps on the wedges front and back along with the screw thread. Then coat the outside of the wedges with a traction compound, either lapping compound or carbon assembly paste. Then adjust the wedges for a snug push fit. Tap it in, then rotate the body to tighten. Obviously it'll take some trial and error to get it to end up vertical when it's tight.
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