I think when the riv videos show mark doing something like that, he generally puts the struts into a clamp and then gives em a bang with the rubber mallet. i would guess you will get better results if you go that route than if you bend them with the pliers.
On Monday, May 14, 2012 5:24:34 PM UTC-4, Thomas Lynn Skean wrote: > > Hi, folks! > > I need to deploy some of the 42cm "replacement" struts that RBW sells in > service of a front-mounting a Platrack. > > I have the struts. Turns out that the holed tabs to attach to the dropouts > aren't angled as they are on the struts one gets with a Platrack. > > (Don't ask me why the product name "42cm straight struts" did not mentally > prepare me for the arrival of struts that are in fact 42cm long and, in > fact, straight.) > > So... other than me just grabbing some pliers and gently (oh so gently!) > bending the holed tabs to an appropriate angle, is there anything I should > do to keep from damaging or weakening the structure they'll support? Any > special techniques to use? Any incantations? Offerings? > > When use my front-mounted Platrack, I don't want to feel I have to treat > it particularly delicately. > > Thanks! > > Yours, > Thomas Lynn Skean > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/nl46SnlxBwoJ. 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.
