The Sheldon nut as I proposed it would only hold the fender and only be needed if you didn't want to drill the fender tab so the larger diameter recessed allen nut would fit through. It would be screwed into a normal recessed allen nut brake mounting bolt, which is what would be holding the rack.
Doug On Tue, Dec 7, 2010 at 12:55 AM, Earl Grey <earlg...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hhm, not sure I understand. A Sheldon nut would give you 1-2 mm more > thread engagement if using a fender, by mounting the fender tab to the > separate fender bolt. 1-2 mm is not enough for me, I don't think. Am I > missing something? > > Gernot > > On Dec 7, 4:36 am, William <tapebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Doug > > > > A correct point. It is the same thread as a brake bolt. My set up > > worked as-is, but if I needed more thread engagement, that would be > > the way to go. > > > > On Dec 6, 11:52 am, Doug Van Cleve <dvancl...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Folks, > > > > > I may be missing something here since I don't have hands on experience > with > > > that rack, but I'm pretty sure you can use a normal recessed allen bolt > > > (like on any modern sidepull caliper brake) and there is no issue with > > > getting everything fastened down. You might have to drill out the hole > in > > > the fender mount or use a Sheldon nut from Problem Solvers, but that > should > > > be it. > > > > > Merry Christmas, > > > Doug > -- 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.
