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First Ever Build - Kuwahara Laserlite KZ-83
rhino_mac:
OK, just a little parts update. Just got home and found my rear brake cable has been delivered. Can't believe how difficult it was to track one of these down - maybe I was looking in the wrong place!!
OK, I do have a problem I posted in a previous thread but I've tried to fix it without success. I bought an MX1000 brake in black, but the bolt is wayyy to long for the fitting on the rear of my frame, which is flat on the Laserlite. I thought it was a front brake so bought another spindle from a Rad member but it's identical to the one already fitted to the brake. I've offered it up the fork, and the spindle is too short to poke through, so it's definately a rear brake.
Does anyone have any pictures of the rear brake fittings on their Laserlite, or another bike with a flat brake fitting? Any ideas on how I can fix it - you can't cut the spindle down too much as only a part of it is threaded.
southern andy:
Can you add some extra washers Rich to space it off mate so the nut then goes tight on to the thread ??????
rhino_mac:
You could.............I was thinking of turning the fat washers with the curved cut outs (for a curved brake bridge) round so the flat parts touched the flat bridge, and then adding washers behind that.
But you would need 10mm+ of washers and it's going to look complete crap behind the bridge. I wondered if there was another option - did Dia Compe do a shorter spindle available for flat brake bridges?
wildon:
Yes i spent a few hours scrubbing it up, it was in a really bad way when i got my hands on it.
I thought about building it but i'm a freestyle guy really, started a trickstar build which has turmed into three trickstar builds! I had to let this go to pay for some other bits i needed. Glad it's gone to someone who is gonna make the most of it though :daumenhoch:
I have got a lot of parts to send to get chromed this week or next (f&f, 2x bars, 4xhoops, hubs, posts, stems, clamps etc etc), hopefully i should get a good price with all this together ... if you want to add your f&f with this lot it may be a lot cheaper ... just a thought
boofy44:
i used a 6mm die with a 1mm thread pitch to put more threads on then cut it shorter.
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