Straighten this campy brake bolt and use OR toss
03-21-23, 04:58 PM
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Straighten this campy brake bolt and use OR toss
If it’s a liability, I’d rather just toss it find a substitute. But if it could be bent back straight and used again, I will do that.
what would you do? Pre-1978 posts are getting hard to find.
what would you do? Pre-1978 posts are getting hard to find.
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03-21-23, 05:05 PM
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Bench vise straighten.
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03-21-23, 05:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Robvolz
If it’s a liability, I’d rather just toss it find a substitute. But if it could be bent back straight and used again, I will do that.
what would you do? Pre-1978 posts are getting hard to find.
what would you do? Pre-1978 posts are getting hard to find.
Aluminum or copper, etc jaw covers on the vice.
03-22-23, 08:50 AM
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Straighten. And be careful not to damage the threads.
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03-22-23, 08:56 AM
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It's steel. It can be bent back.
03-23-23, 05:30 AM
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