I'm glad to find someone who has actually used the approach of replacing the center pivot bolt. I'd like to know how difficult it was to install the pivot bolt on the Tektro R556, did it require a considerable amount of effort to dismantle the brake assemby? Or is this a rather easy Sunday afternoon project? Did you experience any particular difficulties in the procedure?
Thanks, Jim On Dec 15, 12:01 pm, "rswat...@me.com" <rswat...@me.com> wrote: > On Dec 15, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Jim Cloud wrote: > > > Has anyone in this group had experience converting the Rivendell > > Silver brake to a nutted mounting? I've found one reference on a > > Google search for the 650B internet list group that indicated it was > > possible to swap out the center pivot bolt from a "cheap" Tektro 800 > > brake to modify the Tektro R556/Rivendell Silver for nutted mounting. > > I've modified a Tektro R556 that way, using R800A bolts. Silver's are > the same brake with a different logo. > I might have even been the one who first posted that over on the 650B > list. > It's a little tedious, but nothing major. The bolts have two different > sized threaded bits on them as well as a little set screw. It takes a > little fiddling to find the sweet spot where they pivot freely, but > don't have too much play. > > Ryan -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
