RE: [CR]Anyone using Huret Jubilee D/T Shifters? Any Threading i ssues?

(Example: Framebuilders)

From: "Mark Bulgier" <mark@bulgier.net>
To: 'Bruce & Marie Van Remortel' <VRGECKOS@ITE.NET>, "Classicrendezvous@Bikelist. Org" <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: RE: [CR]Anyone using Huret Jubilee D/T Shifters? Any Threading i ssues?
Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 22:30:22 -0700


Bruce Van Remortel wrote:
> I recently picked up a set of Huret Jubilee D/T Shifters
> (classic with the black plastic tips...) and notice that the
> threading on the screw that retains the lever is much different
> than the threading on the classic Campagnolo NR D/T shift
> retaining bolt.

Someone with a Sutherland's guide can maybe confirm this, but I think the Huret bolts are 5 x .9, coarser than the Campy (and now world standard) 5 x .8
> Has anyone used Huret D/T shifters on Camp. Braze-on mounts
> successfully? Did you re-tap or just use elbow grease?

This is no problem as long as you use 5 x .8 bolts. Don't try to use the Huret bolts. Tapping would almost certainly ruin the braze-ons; "elbow grease" would probably ruin both the braze-ons and the bolts. Find some D-ring bolts with no logo on them, and only seven people on earth will ever notice they aren't right.

Mark Bulgier
Seattle, Wa
USA