on 5/12/10 6:11 PM, P Merryman at [email protected] wrote: Has anyone here replaced the tension bolt on a B17? It seems I've stripped the threads on my favorite saddle, the nut just spins with no effect.
I see that Wallingford has replacement bolts available, and I can see how the repair "could" be done. But I really doubt I have the strength of the gods needed to stretch the nose out enough to get the old bolt out and the new one in. I've read that Brooks has a hydraulic thing set up for this. Can it be done by mere mortals? Is there a place in the US that can do it for me? Replacing just the bolt isn't all that hard on a used saddle. Chances are, if the leather on the saddle is stretched such that you've needed to increase tension, it should be reasonably tricky, but doable. I've done an old, super worn B5N and then another, non-Brooks which was super thick and dried. The latter took some screwdriver leverage and got a bit scuffed up. I did it "freehand" on those, but if I had the project again, I would try mounting the saddle on a post, then clamping the post with some V-d wood into a good bench vise. hope that helps, - Jim -- Jim Edgar [email protected] Cyclofiend Bicycle Photo Galleries - http://www.cyclofiend.com Current Classics - Cross Bikes Singlespeed - Working Bikes Gallery updates now appear here - http://cyclofiend.blogspot.com "Maybe a bike, once discarded, pines away year after year for the first hand that steered it, and as it grows old it dreams, in its bike way, of the young roads." -- Robert McCammon, "Boy's Life" -- 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.
