Re: [CR]Repairing a torn gum hood?

(Example: Production Builders:Peugeot:PX-10LE)

Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 14:28:21 -0700
From: "Doug Van Cleve" <dvancleve@gmail.com>
To: devotion finesse <devotion_finesse@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Repairing a torn gum hood?
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Matthew,

I have had reasonable luck with super glue. Get the hood really clean then install it. Maybe slip some plastic or wax paper under the torn area (so you don't super glue the hood to the lever body), then neat apply the glue to one side and match everything up and hold until it dries. If it isn't a spot the flexes in use, it should hold.

Doug Van Cleve Chandler, AZ USA

On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 7:49 AM, devotion finesse < devotion_finesse@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Has anybody ever successfully repaired a torn Campy gum hood? Assuming it
> is fairly supple and can be slipped onto a brake lever, is there anything
> that can be done to deal with this 1/2" tear? A glue/epoxy? Rubber Cement?
> Matthew Bowne

Brooklyn, New York