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Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers
this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. |
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landotter wrote: Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. M6 - 6mm diameter, 1mm pitch Jeff |
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JeffWills wrote: landotter wrote: Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. M6 - 6mm diameter, 1mm pitch Jeff Thanks brothah! My local hardware store, the venerable Cumberland Hardware, will have the stainless bits I need. If you're ever in town, you have to check them out. Outstanding service. about 100 years old, and they have hardware store cats you can pick up and snuggle with while you're asking Mister John about faucet valves. http://nashville.citysearch.com/prof...rdware_co.html |
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landotter wrote:
Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. Or just drill the hole at the rear of the fork out to 8mm and use a normal front brake with allen key nut. |
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Zog The Undeniable wrote: landotter wrote: Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. Or just drill the hole at the rear of the fork out to 8mm and use a normal front brake with allen key nut. Nah, as I'm getting a set, it's easier to just run the front in the rear in nutted fashion. I don't have a 90 degree drill attachment anyway. ;-) |
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On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:03:52 -0700, landotter wrote:
Zog The Undeniable wrote: landotter wrote: Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. Or just drill the hole at the rear of the fork out to 8mm and use a normal front brake with allen key nut. Nah, as I'm getting a set, it's easier to just run the front in the rear in nutted fashion. I don't have a 90 degree drill attachment anyway. ;-) 90-degree drill bit? Drilling out the back of the fork works fine, and is exactly what a modern fork has. For the rear, I just drilled out the whole hole to the size needed for the recessed nut, and it had no problem. I may have put a sleeve in there, but I can't remember. -- David L. Johnson __o | Enron's slogan: Respect, Communication, Integrity, and _`\(,_ | Excellence. (_)/ (_) | |
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David L. Johnson wrote: On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:03:52 -0700, landotter wrote: Zog The Undeniable wrote: landotter wrote: Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. Or just drill the hole at the rear of the fork out to 8mm and use a normal front brake with allen key nut. Nah, as I'm getting a set, it's easier to just run the front in the rear in nutted fashion. I don't have a 90 degree drill attachment anyway. ;-) 90-degree drill bit? Drilling out the back of the fork works fine, and is exactly what a modern fork has. For the rear, I just drilled out the whole hole to the size needed for the recessed nut, and it had no problem. I may have put a sleeve in there, but I can't remember. It's the rear that poses the problem. It's just a round tube with holes, no brazed on flats. I should be good to go if I use the thick rounded washers from the original and stay nutted, but trying to drill out a thick aluminum washer w/o a bench vise is intimidating. ;-) |
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landotter wrote:
It's the rear that poses the problem. Family newsgroup, buddy. (OK, now I'll go change it back. eg ) |
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landotter wrote: JeffWills wrote: landotter wrote: Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. M6 - 6mm diameter, 1mm pitch Jeff Thanks brothah! My local hardware store, the venerable Cumberland Hardware, will have the stainless bits I need. If you're ever in town, you have to check them out. Outstanding service. about 100 years old, and they have hardware store cats you can pick up and snuggle with while you're asking Mister John about faucet valves. http://nashville.citysearch.com/prof...rdware_co.html I might have to do that- although my cats will get jealous of me canoodling with strange felines. FWIW: if I'm shopping for odd hardware, I go to Parkrose: http://www.parkrosehardware.com/ . They've lots of neat stuff, even nylon screws and wingnuts for attaching the fairing to my Easy Racer. Jeff |
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David L. Johnson wrote: On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:03:52 -0700, landotter wrote: Zog The Undeniable wrote: landotter wrote: Is it standard metric or english? I'm getting a set of new calipers this week to retrofit an old nutted frame, and will need to replace the recessed nuts with regular or cap nuts as I'm doing the back in front with the nut inside the fork routine. Or just drill the hole at the rear of the fork out to 8mm and use a normal front brake with allen key nut. Nah, as I'm getting a set, it's easier to just run the front in the rear in nutted fashion. I don't have a 90 degree drill attachment anyway. ;-) 90-degree drill bit? Drilling out the back of the fork works fine, and is exactly what a modern fork has. For the rear, I just drilled out the whole hole to the size needed for the recessed nut, and it had no problem. I may have put a sleeve in there, but I can't remember. I drilled the whole shebang out and everything just worked. Took an hour and walks all over the old 600 side pulls. $20 for front and read, by far the most rediculously effective upgrade I've ever done for the money. http://static.flickr.com/44/193502228_7880576147_o.jpg http://static.flickr.com/47/193502227_c2cf93a12b_o.jpg |
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