All shops should have them but remember you need the tap too. Steven
The Bike Stand 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com
-----Original Message----- From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org [mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of henox Sent: Monday, March 07, 2005 6:46 PM To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org Subject: Re: [CR] Re: Convert a right side crank to left threads for a tandem
Kevin wrote
:
"I went the helicoil route many years ago. When I owned a bike shop in
the
early 80's I converted one triple and two double Avocet cranksets
> into one tandem set (I got them at a great price, so the cost was not
an
> issue). I drilled out the threads of the two double spider arms and
one
> "left" arm, and then used helicoils and taps to rethread each arm. We
> had the helicoils and taps in the shop for the all too common stripped
> crank arm repair."
Where did you get left hand helicoils in that 9/16" size???
Hugh Enox
sunny La Honda