Thanks to several CR members for their advice regarding my Jubilee front DR cage transplant. Here are the results: Everything is riveted, ya can't just press out the pins. I detached the cages by drilling out the top rivet that attached the cage.
IMPORTANT: the front of the rivet is smaller than the back, so drill out fr
om the FRONT!
I filed a flat on the rivet, center punched and drilled until the rivet was
almost free, the a couple of hammer taps removed the whole thing.
After cage removal, I tapped the cage holes to 8-32.
I used 2 8-32 button head screws to re-attach the replacement cage. They we
re a good fit for the existing holes and did not look too obvious.
I put a drop of Locktite Red just before the final turn of the screws, to k
eep everything secure.
So now the rough cage is on the rough body on my commuter, and the sweet ca
ge (used to be on the commuter) is on the sweet body which (along with a VG
C rear) is waiting for the right bike
Ya got questions, drop me a line off list.
A cage transplant is probably not a good idea in most cases, but for this p
articular pair of dr's I took a 3 out of 10 front dr and made it a 7/10 or
better and it only cost me about 10 bucks and some time messing around.
Cheers from Dallas, TX, USA Earth on a warm afternoon that is supposed to t
urn bitter (for us) cold in a couple of hours.
Clyde "Jubilee lovin" Putman