Re: [CR]Help please with damage assessment

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Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 16:35:30 -0400
To: dave martinez <dmart84815@yahoo.com>, velorosso@charter.net
From: "Sheldon Brown" <CaptBike@sheldonbrown.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Help please with damage assessment
cc: CR List <ClassicRendezvous@bikelist.org>

At 8:33 PM -0700 5/12/05, dave martinez wrote:
>Hello John,
>
>I too have had success with thin brass shim stock. I've cut them
>into strips and scotch taped them in the crank arm. The crankarm
>seems to snug up ok, but as Rodney has indicated, check for
>tightness periodically.

I've occasionally done this with aluminum beer can material. Just cut a piece to cover two adjacent sides of the square. This stuff is easy to work with a pair of scissors. Use plenty of grease and tighten the bejasus out of it, should hold fine.

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