If you look at the original platrack struts they are bent right at the edge of the flattened out part with the whole in it (as opposed to the round part where folks frequently bend em). When I adjusted the angle on one of mine I used a crescent wrench with some cardboard from a tube box to protect the surface of the strut. That worked fine for a minor adjustment. Might or might not work as well for bending from straight.
On May 14, 2:33 pm, Andy Smitty Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote: > I did this exact procedure a couple months ago. I bent the round part of > the struts maybe 1/2 inch above the hole. I used a wood-jawed bench vise > and a rubber mallet. It worked perfectly... looks like it came from the > factory that way. --Andy > > > > > > > > On Monday, May 14, 2012 2:24:34 PM UTC-7, 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 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.
