You can make a perfectly functional shim from brass shim stock. Hey, they call it shim stock for a reason! Enough brass to make a lifetime's worth of shims will only cost you a couple of dolllars. 0.0118" would be an exact match for the difference between 25.4 and 26 mm, so use 0.012 " shim stock if that's available to you. What I could get at the local OSH was 0.010", and it works just fine. I like having the slightly softer brass shim rather than steel, I think it grabs well. My bars don't slip, and that's what's important, right?
The brass is thin enough to cut with scissors (an old pair, not your wife's good sewing scissors!) or tim snips, and limber enough to roll into shape around the bar. I cut my shim a bit wide, installed it, marked the edges of the stem clamp, then trimmed the shim for an exact fit and filed the edges flat. Bill David Estes wrote: > Any laying around the garage? The LBS people give me the stink-eye when I > ask, and can't bare to pay $8 shipping for such a little part from RBW... > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
