You'll get the clamps on, then once the lever-bolts have started threading you can adjust the lever location by wiggling it around a bit. But before you do that I think you should call the supplier of your bars and tell them your problem. The fact that you're having the same issue with two sets of levers tells me you have a slightly oversized hadlebar. Joe Bernard Vallejo, CA.
On Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:38:58 PM UTC-7, Michael Richters wrote: > On Tue, Sep 4, 2012 at 8:38 PM, cyclotourist > <cyclot...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > As for for brake levers, you should be able to unbolt the clamp part, > slide > > it on, then bolt the lever bodies back onto the clamp. I don't know if > that > > works for brifters though. > > All the tidbits I've read on installing brake levers have either > ignored this possibility or forbidden separating the clamp completely > from the body of the brake lever, so I was not sure if there was some > non-obvious reason not to do it that way (the obvious reason being > that it might be hard to seat the bolt in the nut, or one might > cross-thread it). I'm still left with the smaller problem of making > small adjustments so that the two levers are positioned at the same > height, which doesn't seem practical to do with just the clamps. Of > course, now that I think about it, I'm not really certain where I want > them on the curve of the bar, or, for that matter, whether or not I > want the aero levers -- I've got one of each type (aero and non-), > both of which have clamps too tight to just slip on. > > My consolation in this difficulty is that I can be quite sure that > pressure will be evenly distributed around the bar by the clamp... > > --MR > -- 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/-/N-O_KmH2qhUJ. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@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.
