Author Topic: dc straight levers brake resto ...question (Read 486 times)

fischflo · « **on:** March 24, 2014, 09:27 PM »

......so i finally managed to get two straight dia compe levers for me bike. Well not both dc, but practically the same, one is no name but you hardly can tell the diffrence.... so thinking i can pop em to my 1984 cw bike then.

Question - i'll have to paint em both black. Do i just spray em like that or do i take em apart before? Taking em apart would require replacing the 'bolt' that holds the actual lever and its case together. What you say?

kang · « **Reply #1 on:** March 25, 2014, 04:02 PM »

You can get a nice result without splitting the lever parts, but it's tricky. For a proper pukka job I'd say split em

fischflo · « **Reply #2 on:** March 25, 2014, 04:40 PM »

cheers kang

..........Just asking as i can't remember seeing them being taken apart in any resto thread

So anyone have any experience with the rebolting job ? .......... is it an easy one, or do you need special tools for it? and where'd ya get the replacement bolts then? don't think i've seen them ever anywhere...!

animal · « **Reply #3 on:** March 25, 2014, 05:33 PM »

ask

oberonspacefruit · « **Reply #4 on:** March 25, 2014, 05:36 PM »

In my experience paint can get everywher the eye can see and then some, usualy to the detrement. do a couple of coats, moving the lever each time, and i reckon the jobs a goodun. if not you can always strip them, before any drastic splittage.

fischflo · « **Reply #5 on:** March 25, 2014, 06:05 PM »

thanks obe, i'll give it a try like that then, guess that's the way to go anyway, if i read Steve's grunt right.

animal · « **Reply #6 on:** March 26, 2014, 07:00 AM »

The hint was I can rerivet if I can make the correct rivets

fischflo · « **Reply #7 on:** March 26, 2014, 01:16 PM »

Cheers Stevo, i'll Terry try what's with this stupid iPad autocorrect... I'll try what Frusts fruity said First, i Melanie Melanie mein mean if they only Look half äs good äs Lee's dc's i'm happy, and he didn'nt take em apart einher....EITHER .... http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,147031.0.html
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