THANKS BILL! Would the big box chain hardware stores have this stuff??? Alternatively, could you mail me a few shims worth?
DE On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 9:55 PM, Bill M. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > You can make a perfectly functional shim from brass shim stock. Hey, > they call it shim stock for a reason! Enough brass to make a > lifetime's worth of shims will only cost you a couple of dolllars. > 0.0118" would be an exact match for the difference between 25.4 and 26 > mm, so use 0.012 " shim stock if that's available to you. What I > could get at the local OSH was 0.010", and it works just fine. I like > having the slightly softer brass shim rather than steel, I think it > grabs well. My bars don't slip, and that's what's important, right? > > The brass is thin enough to cut with scissors (an old pair, not your > wife's good sewing scissors!) or tim snips, and limber enough to roll > into shape around the bar. I cut my shim a bit wide, installed it, > marked the edges of the stem clamp, then trimmed the shim for an exact > fit and filed the edges flat. > > Bill > > David Estes wrote: > > Any laying around the garage? The LBS people give me the stink-eye when > I > > ask, and can't bare to pay $8 shipping for such a little part from RBW... > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > David > > Redlands, CA > > > -- Cheers, David Redlands, CA --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
