I have a Cyclone RD that has a crack in the body at the high/low positioning screw threading - but which appears otherwise intact. My plan was to keep it on hand for spare parts, but if it means the difference between completing a project and not, I'd be willing to cannibalize it.
If the search for a replacement fixing anchor comes up empty, send me an inquiry. To remain legal with Dale, I'll list the asking price for this at $1.00 plus mailing at cost.
Regards,
John Barry
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
> From: donald gillies <gillies@ece.ubc.ca>
\r?\n> Subject: Re: [CR]Suntour Cyclone cable fixing unit needs a fixing...
\r?\n> To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
\r?\n> Date: Thursday, January 8, 2009, 2:33 PM
\r?\n> I wanted to mention that the Suntour Cyclone cable pinch
\r?\n> bolt is
\r?\n> smaller than a dia-compe or weinmann pinch bolt. I think
\r?\n> that Cyclone
\r?\n> uses an M4 dome nut/bolt, whereas the Dia-Compe and
\r?\n> Weinmann are M5.
\r?\n> As far as I am aware there are no other bike components
\r?\n> using this M4
\r?\n> dome nut/bolt.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> I have one cyclone derailleur that I purchased on ebay
\r?\n> where someone
\r?\n> had drilled out the cyclone hole, in order to install an M5
\r?\n> nut/bolt.
\r?\n> If someone does this they need to file one side of the the
\r?\n> pinch bolt
\r?\n> slightly, so that it seats properly on the derailleur body.
\r?\n> I would
\r?\n> not recommend trying this as a first step because it will
\r?\n> weaken the
\r?\n> derailleur body and the derailleur might eventually fail
\r?\n> there.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> It is far better to find a dead derailleur with a broken
\r?\n> body at an
\r?\n> LBS and steal this nut/bolt combination. Another
\r?\n> possibility, if it's
\r?\n> just the bolt that was stripped, is to get an M4 bolt
\r?\n> (stainless!) and
\r?\n> attempt to drill a hole through it with a dremel.
\r?\n>
\r?\n> - Don Gillies
\r?\n> San Diego, CA