Technical & Reference Section > Tech and Restoration
Benders - any others in here? (tips and tricks)
punkdSICO:
Wooh!! Finally managed to get some levers Im happy with:
The below pic shows the angle I have added. Originally, the lever would have been straight down but I have pushed it back about 15 degrees.
This pic shows how not to do it..!! I did the first lever using two spanners with no protection:
This is my second attemd, with only minimal damage. Again, I could have done better than this with a little hindsight.
Ohers have mentioned using a blow torch, but I dont have one. Also, not sure how much paint damage this would do..
Now I just need to decide if I want to put my old school Dia Compes back on the bike, after a little bending. Eitherway, ill replace the trashed lever with a new one (my local store has them on offer for sub-£10)
My tips for safe bending:
* remove the lever from the brake housing
* put something metal inbetween the levers two arms that the bolt goes through. I did not do this for the first lever and the vice colapsed the arms slightly. I then had the task of getting them back straight again..
* Use a vice and protect any metal on metal contact
* Have the lever poking out of the vice with the bend point on the edge of the vice
* Putting a bit of wood between the lever and your hammer, hit the wood frickin hard. Then it it even frickin harder!!
* Start off by practicing with a lever you dont mind spoiling. With practice, you can bend with little/no paint damage.ta,
Paul
Dark Diggler:
Currently Hunterdubber is the biggest Bender on here :daumenhoch:
waza04:
nice bit of bending........... :( would have just dropped some tech4's on! :daumenhoch:
punkdSICO:
--- Quote from: waza04 on May 15, 2011, 08:27 PM ---nice bit of bending........... :( would have just dropped some tech4's on! :daumenhoch:
--- End quote ---
Yeah, someone else mentioned Tech4s but, they only bend in the one direction and dont follow the bars back. I know that is hard to explain but, althought the Dirty Harries are bent-t'feck, until I whacked them with a hammer, they were sticking out into space and nowhere near where I wanted them to be..
ta,
Paul
firebird4130:
I usually wrap a cloth round the lever or a bit of electrical tape stick a seatpost over it and bend away
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version