donald gillies wrote:
> I received a pair of barcons but whomever owned these before must have
> tried to loosen one of them by turning the bolt counter-clockwise and
> they stripped out the allen bolt.
>
> I managed to unscrew the barcons by plugging an allen wrench through
> the mounting hole and leveraging it against the inside of the shifter
> pod, to get it removed. then i disassembled the retaining spring and
> the 3 trapezoidal wedges, clamped the screw in a vice-grip wrench and
> got it all apart.
>
> But the barcon expander bolt with a funny allen slot in the tip, is
> stripped (within the tip.)
>
> Does someone have a spare dura ace shifter pod? Or a spare expander
> bolt with the funny allen slot in the tip, for sale, trade, or ransom?
>
> Is there anything that can be done rehabilitate a stripped out
> allen-bolt?
>
> Thanx,
>
> - Don Gillies
> San Diego, CA, USA
> _______________________________________________
It should be available as a spare: Y62890010 @ $6 each or so
I'm sure i've got a few lying around, but it seems silly to ship them half way round the world
-- mvg
Marten Gerritsen
Kiel Windeweer
Netherlands