Removing Braze-ons
04-19-09, 05:28 PM
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Make friends with a good welder/fabricator. Welding them back on wouldn't be that hard..
04-19-09, 10:37 PM
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If the bike he has can be modified to serve him well enough that he'll be happy with it, there's no reason to buy a whole other bike. Stop being a moron
04-19-09, 10:43 PM
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Hahahaha.......someone made a whole thread devoted to the "right way" to remove shifter bosses and I'm the moron?lolzzzzz
04-19-09, 11:03 PM
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04-20-09, 08:18 AM
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Every time you grind things off you remove some material from the tube. Every time you braze/weld things on the heat weakens the tubing. Downtube shifter bosses are located on the thinnest section of the downtube; the less you muck about with it, the better your frame will be.
04-20-09, 08:27 AM
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^ what he said.
absolutely no way you could weld anything to that area without ruining the frame. a very talented brazer might be able to make it work, but would likely have the good sense to not try. i'd think the necessary prep to remove the dregs of the previous bosses would do considerable harm.
absolutely no way you could weld anything to that area without ruining the frame. a very talented brazer might be able to make it work, but would likely have the good sense to not try. i'd think the necessary prep to remove the dregs of the previous bosses would do considerable harm.
04-20-09, 11:26 PM
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^ what he said.
absolutely no way you could weld anything to that area without ruining the frame. a very talented brazer might be able to make it work, but would likely have the good sense to not try. i'd think the necessary prep to remove the dregs of the previous bosses would do considerable harm.
absolutely no way you could weld anything to that area without ruining the frame. a very talented brazer might be able to make it work, but would likely have the good sense to not try. i'd think the necessary prep to remove the dregs of the previous bosses would do considerable harm.
04-20-09, 11:45 PM
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so, what you're saying, is that if I ever do decide to remove the braze-ons, I should just saw them off w/ a hacksaw and file down the remainder?
04-21-09, 07:49 AM
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This is the procedure I am going to use and to be honest seems like the most practical. Getting out a torch and all that is way over kill. I am going to take mine off the TT.
